Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition (1892)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · London, T. F. Unwin · leaf 136
ls). It is remarkable that in modern Tuscan tradition there are several spirits oflight and air called Bellaria, corresponding to the Etrusco-Roman group of Eosand the nymphs of the dawn. Though Eos had few temples ( rarissiina teinplaper orbem OviD, Met., xiii., 5S8), the Etruscans made great… … Alpan. (Alpena or Allnna.){From Corssen. The ornament from a vase.) winged spirits bearing flowers, and connected with rainbows, clouds, air, and^ light,were in fact Bellarie, and a part of the Lasce, who carry bottles probably of ALPENA. 121 perfume—though it may have been something more…
Folklore · Superstition
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