List of Illustrations

This is a table of illustrations — not a prose text — from what appears to be a scholarly work on Etruscan religion and mythology, most likely by Charles G. Leland (identified by the "C. G. L." attribution on several original drawings). The list catalogs roughly sixty figures depicting Etruscan and Roman deities — including Turan (Venus), Turms (Mercury), Tinia (Jupiter), Fufluns (Bacchus), Sethlans (Vulcan), and lesser spirits such as the Lasa (guardian spirits), Lemures, and a "house goblin or Etruscan brownie" — drawn from ancient mirrors, bronzes, vases, and patera. The work draws on earlier antiquarian authorities including Gerhard, Gori, Corssen, and Dennis, suggesting it synthesizes mid-19th-century Continental scholarship on Etruscan iconography. Beyond the major gods, the illustrations extend into folk-religious territory: amulets against the evil eye, magic bells, a "lettered cylinder," dream postures, and rural spirits like Pan and Faunus, indicating the book's scope spans formal theology and popular magical practice. The table alone cannot convey an argument, but the selection signals a work interested in continuities between Etruscan, Roman, and surviving folk-religious traditions — a characteristic preoccupation of Leland's comparative folklore scholarship.

List of Illustrations

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