Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition (1892)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · London, T. F. Unwin · leaf 149
aria in modern Tuscan traditionis an aerial spirit of grace, and flowers, of whichfamily are Albina, or Alpena, and these are the com-panions or counterparts of Venus. Of Munthuch Ilearn from Corssen that the name had also the olderform, ]\Iunthu-cJid. She belongs to the ^\•orId ofplants in spring.… … MUNTHUCHA, OR MONTULGA. Talena.—This is written Salena, I think, in the letter in which this spirit isgiven, but I am altogether uncertain as to the initial. She is thus described :— T.ilena is a female spirit which causes terror in the night. She is clad in white. The manuscript being here…
Folklore · Superstition
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