Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition (1892)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · London, T. F. Unwin · leaf 66
deity of marriage tiiid of marriedgoddess of love and of desire. 50 ETRUSCAN ROMAN REMAINS. If Maso be Mars, it is probable that we have him here known only by hisfirst name and earliest attributes. My informant positively denied that Maso wasin this case only the diminutive of Tommaso, or… … WINGED MARS.Maso. After Gerhard and Gori. promptly suggested by one of the learned. And I am inclined to believe theformer, because there is no apparent reason whatever, beyond mere resemblanceof name, why a spirit of nature should be called Thomas after a saint, while that MANIA DELL A NOTTE. 51…
Folklore · Superstition
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