#hinthial deity

[thedansemacabres]

Hinthial, ais of the ghostly reflection

[ID: An image of a pond at dusk. The woodland shore is visible to the viewer, curving slightly to the left. Above the pond is a forest of trees, reflecting onto the pond. The water also reflects the dark sky with hues of pink.]

By Morgan, poetry by Nico

THE AISER OFTEN HAVE NAMES THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO THEIR DIVINE PRESENCE, and Hinthial’s means ‘ghost’, ‘reflection’, and ‘mirrored image.’ Like many of the aiser, little evidence exists for her. While this post is short, Hinthial’s existence does implicate more on the ideas of Rasenna afterlife and perhaps a chthonian Turan.

Hinthial’s name tells us the most about her. In scenes with ghosts, spirits are addressed as “hinthial”, before their name such as the scene of hinthial Tereais or hinthial Patroclus. This tells us that ghosts, with hinthial also meaning ‘reflection’, are ghastly mirror images of the living in Rasenna cosmology.. Considering this, we can see Hinthial as a goddess of ghosts, but also of mirror reflections, mirror divination, and related to beauty through her divine reflections. 

THE ETRUSCAN MIRROR 

One of the very few direct attestations we have of hinthial is from a divine dressing scene. These scenes depict Turan being adorned by her circle/her handmaidens, as Turan represents the aristocratic lady in Rasenna society. 

Hinthial here is depicted as a finely dressed older woman holding a mirror. As such, we can understand the mirror—called malena or malestra—as her symbol, befitting for the ais of the ghostly reflection. 

Scenes of Turan often show her being attended to by her divine circle, many of which share aspects or relation to her—Zipna is associated with beauty, Thalna with childbirth which is a possibility of Turan’s blessing of pleasure, Mean with Turan’s association with peace, etc. Turan likely has a chthonic aspect like Venus, as a statue of her named the “Cannicella Venus” was discovered at an Rasenna necropolis. Fascinatingly, this kouros style statue was likely modified from a traditional male kouros into a feminine one, essentially undergoing gender reassignment. Hinthial being in her circle could possibly give more to the concept of a chthonic Turan.

MODERN WORSHIP 

As with most of the aiser, worship of hinthial will have to largely rely upon UPG and inferences we can make about her. Firstly, as a goddess of the mirror image, she can be venerated in connection to beauty and our reflections. Secondly, we can honour her as a goddess of ghosts. She guides the reflections of life we see when we interact with the undead—perhaps making her of interest to modern necromancy and death-focused practices as a unique beauty and death ais. To our current knowledge as of November 2023, there are no worshippers of her, and so the newest generation of Rasenna polytheists can become her first devotees in a millenia. 

Hymn to Hinthial by @poeticnorth

I call out to Hinthial

The ghostly queen within mirrors

She who is the reflection of the dead

And serves as Handmaiden to Turan

You are the shadow of the dying

The shade of the departed

You weave fate deftly

And reflect it from your realm

Matcher of lovers, patron of beauty

Who reveals flaws and strengths

From within the looking glass

Ghost of Tiresias, friend of the buried

O Hinthial, I sing to you now

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References 

De Grummond, N. T., & Simon, E. (2009). The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press.

de Grummond, N. T. (1985). THE ETRUSCAN MIRROR. Source: Notes in the History of Art, 4(2/3), 26–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23202423

Bonfante, L. (1993). ETRUSCAN NUDITY. Source: Notes in the History of Art, 12(2), 47–55. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23202935

File:Bronze mirror from London with Zipna Malavisch Hinthial Munthuch Turan Drawing.jpg – Wikimedia Commons. (n.d.). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronze_mirror_from_London_with_Zipna_Malavisch_Hinthial_Munthuch_Turan_Drawing.jpg

[garasham]

vampire language — update i

this post is part of a project to analyse and expand the vampire language from the witcher; many of the definitions listed (including for words marked with a ☆ which come from canon) are either my own inventions or my own hypothetical, fallible interpretations

navigation: language analysis & language expansion (including wordlists) | etruscan sources: one two three four five | inspiration & ideas: one two 🦇

special thanks to @lohrendrell 🖤

requests and messages are welcome 🌹

last updated: 7 february 🩸

words

acun: greetings, health

aki: what

ama, ame, amce: to be ☆

Aritimi, Artume, Artam, Artms, Artumes, Arthem: alternative word for vampire, vampire species/people, suggesting they are deities of spells, prophecies, night, death and/or natural growth

asham: rose

athumica: kin ☆

atranes: here ☆

avile: name ☆

canta: precious item, work of art ☆

Cantata: This Gift, silver sword found in Hen Gaidth ☆

Ceisatni: The Butcher, epithet for Geralt of Rivia which vampires adopted after Geralt was dubbed “Butcher of Blaviken” (simultaneously referring to his butchering vampires)

cesu: to lie ☆

cleva: gift, offering ☆

Draakul: Regis’ mule ☆

eclthi: here ☆

ei: do not, no, not

-eni, -ni: the ☆

etu: and ☆

gharash: night

Gharasham: Night Rose, one of the vampire tribes ☆

hilux: midnight

hinthial: below ☆

lusxnei: moon

marish: servant ☆

me: I, me ☆

mlac, mlach: beautiful

mutna: coffin, sarcophagus ☆

nac: as, how, so, because, then, when, why ☆

Rasenna, Rasna: vampire, vampire species/people

Rasnev: Vampiric, vampire language

rosa: rose

satir: to speak, to talk, to say

sech: daughter ☆

sech farthana: step-daughter ☆

sel: to do, to make ☆

spelthi: to kill

spur: city ☆

(-)ta: this, that ☆

tesham: burial ☆

Tesham Mutna: Burial Coffin, fortress previously used by vampires ☆

thaur: tomb, sepulcher ☆

themias: caretaker ☆

thi: you, formal ☆

thuta: people

thuu: they, them

tiu, tiur: moon

un: you, informal/intimate

ushil: noon

veres: bloody ☆

zatlath: silence ☆

zia: to wound, to stab, to kill

sentences

Acun un!

Greetings to you! (lit. Greetings you!)

acun: greetings, health un: you, informal/intimate

Gharata mlach amce.

It’s a beautiful night. (lit. Night-this beautiful is.)

ghara: night -ta: this, that mlach: beautiful amce: to be

Nac ei zia thuu?

Why not kill them?

nac: as, how, so, because, then, when, why ei: no(t), don’t zia: to wound, to stab, to kill thuu: they, them

Nac me ame aki thuu sa.

Because [then] I am what they say [I am].

nac: as, how, so, because, then, when, why me: I, me ame: to be aki: what thuu: they, them satir: to speak, to talk, to say

[terato-onlyfangs]

What I gathered for Etruscan so you can use it for the vamps

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World, Earth

cel"earth, ground, soil

"thi"water; creak ?

"una"flowing, stream

"huin(-)"spring, well

"ushil"sun

"tiur"moon

"pulum(chva)"star(s)

"trut-*"lightening, bolt ?

"zeri"serene, unclouded (weather, sky)

"lur(i)"brightness (of stars)"

Law and Justice    

cecha"treaty"

shurnu-"order ?, testament ?

"teur-"jugdement, panel, award

"tevarath"jugde, arbitrator o.s.

"tupi"punishment"

Warfare  

macstrna(appr.) "aide de camp"

Animals

thevru"bull

"leu"lion(ess)

"krankru"cat ?, 

panther ?

"tusna"swan"

hiul(s?)"owl"

Bodily functions

am-"to be"

acnanas"begot, bore

"svalce, svalthas (, ril ?)"(s)he lived, had lived"

Death/ grave

lupu"(has) died

"cesu"was/were interred

"tesham(-)"burial

"celuca*"interment ?

"hinthial"soul (of the deceased), 'shade'

"mutna"coffin, casket

"mursh"coffin, urn

"capra"coffin"ma(n)

"monument, tomb stone

"shuthi"vault, grave (building)

"tamera"grave chamber

"tus"coffin, kline, place (in a vault)

"hupnina"kline, coffin

"zelar"niche(s)

"zelarvena*"being supplied with niches

"shuthina"grave gift" 

Clothes/ etc

caper"cloak

"zam(a)thi"brooch

"mal(e)na"mirror (made of bronze)

"lur(i)"adornment"

House

per(a)"house

"ara- per(a)=c"house and home; property

"scuna"place, room"kanna (1x), cana"precious item, work of art (length of cloth, stele o.s.)"cver(a)"work of art, sculpture, statue

"trepu"craftsman, carpenter

"zinace"produced (pottery)

"acil(u)"producer, potter

"cerichunce"erected, built, had erected

"ce(ri)nu"(was) erected, built"

Numbers

churu"full (in number)

"heva"all, everyone"

snuiaph"as much/many as

"thu"one

"zal"two

"ci"three

"mach"four

huth"five

"sha"six

"sar"ten

"huthzar"fifteen

"ciem zathrum"seventeen

"eslem zathrum"eighteen

"thunem zathrum"nineteen

"zathrum"twenty

"ci zathrum"twenty-three

"huth zathrum"twenty-five

"thunem cealch"twenty-nine

"ce/ialch"thirty

"muvalch"forty

"shealch"sixty

"thunz"once

"eslz"twice

"ciz"thrice"

Property

al(i)ce / muluvanece / tur(u)ce"gave, dedicated

"alpan"gift of thanks

"alicha"gift, present"

lautn"possession

"thaura"property ?"

Emotions

hathna"happy

"mlach / mlaka-"good, beautiful

"azaru(a)"good ?

"calus(u-)"excellent, best

"zeri"free (person); accessible (water)

"thuta (f.)"chaste, married only once"

Speech/ writing

zichuche"was written; incised; carved"zich"book; letter ?"zic(h)u"clerk, writer"penth(u)na"(inscribed) stone, stele"

Religion

ais > eis"god

"flere"deity

"tmia"temple, sanctuary

"tamera"(temple) cella

"fler"sacrifice, ritual o.s.

"aisna"sacrifice, ritual o.s.

"fase"libation"un(n.) "pouring out, spill (as a libation)

"cletram"litter, table ? (applied in cultual practise)"caper heci'(ritual) cloak'tuthi(u)"pledge, vow, votum

"tuthina"votive gift"cana, cver(a), shuris, tinscvil'consecrated objects'trutnuth"fulguriator (lat.): a seer, reading lightnings"netshvis"haruspex (lat.): a seer, reading animal entrails

"maru"chairman of a cultual society"zilath'cultual functionary'al(i)ce / muluvanece / tur(u)ce"donated, dedicated

"cenu"(was) built"

Family/people

mi"I

"sa"self

"marish (m.)"(male) baby, boy, youth

"leinth"old age; old woman

"lasa"bride ?" ("nymph")

marish"bridegroom ?

"ati"mother

"apa"father

"apana"paternal

"puia"wife; woman ?

"sech"daughter

"sech farthana / harthna"stepdaughter

"clan"son

"clanti"adoptive son

"clan thunchultha

"step son

"hush(i)ur"children

"ati nacn(uv)a, teta"grandmother

"apa nacna, papa"grandfather

"tetals"grandson/granddaughter (in relation to a grandmother)

"papals"grandson/granddaughter (in relation to a grandfather)

"nefts"nephew

"prum(ath)s"grandnephew

"netei (f.)"mother-in-law ?

"ati(v)u"stepmother

"ziv(a)-"relatives, kinship

"hatrencu (f.)"?

"ath(e/u)mica (plural)(plural) 'relatives'arce"(s)he raised (children)"

Food

eleiva-*"oil

"vinum"wine

"achapri"jug, oinochoe

"hushlna"(wine) mug ?, amphore ? (for cultual use)

"pruchum"jug"qutum"jug

"qutumuza"little jug (for straining)

"lechtumuza"little jug, aryballos"thina"ewer"eleivana"container of oil"vertun'some sort of vessel'zavena"two-handled vessel, kantharos"zavenuza'same as before ?' (however, see Biondi, Acme 50, 1997, 3-31)fasena"vessel for libations; (askos)

"spanti"bowl for libations and drinking; plate

"culichna"bowl

"thafna, thapna"drinking vessel, cup, lid (of a thina)"s(h)untheruza"pyxis, (little, round clay) box"

[Wallace, Studi Etruschi 64, 201ff.]

Rooms

scuna"place, room

"shuth"to put ?

"ika > eca (noun), ca, gen. cla, (adj.)"this, that"cal, gen. clal"this here"ita > eta (noun), ta (adj.)"this, that

"eclthi, clthl (loc.)"here"thui, thuves"inside

"thva-* ?"interior, inner

"(ce)hen"outer, outside

"cipen > cepen, pen"below, under

"srenc-*"above, upper

"srancza-"upper part/piece

"penza-"lower part/piece

"hampha-"right side

"laiva-"left side

"thes(h)viti"to/in the East

"faviti"in the West

"ushil"South ?"

Transport

truth-"to cast, to throw"tezan"way, road

"favin"to descend ?

"thes-"to mount"

Age

leine"at the age of

"mean"childhood, youth"sh(i)ans"beginning, scheme, plan

"hintha (hinth(i)u)"to cease, to finish" ("(was) finished")thesan"dawn, sunrise, morning

"ushil"noon

"tinia"day

"tiur"month

"avil"years

"ilucu'a period: part of a month ? o.s.'ena"today ?, now(adays) "ishveita > eshvita"following, later day

"uelcitanus (lat.)"martius (March)"aberas (lat.)"aprilis (April)

"apirase"in the month of April"ampiles (lat.)"maius (May)"anpilie"in the month of Mai"aclus (lat.)"iunius (June)"acal(v)e"in the month of June"traneus (lat.)

"iulius (July)"thucte"in the month of July ? / August ?"ermius (lat.)"augustus (August)"celius (lat.)"September"celi"in the month of September

"xof(f)er ? (lat.)"October"alshase"in *Alshasa (~ phoenician "in the month of K(i)r(a)r")"tulerase"in *Tulerasa (~ phoenician "in the month of the sacrifice to the Sun")"

Social areas

spur(a)"city, polis

"methlum"township

"rasna"public, belonging to the state

"thunchultha- (thunchver-?)"private

"tular"border(s), frontier(s), territory

"cel"(piece of) soil, territory

"nape(r)"borderstone(s)

"hilar"marked off

"mech"lady, queen

"sacni and derivations"citizen(s)"eter(a), eterti'member of a class of citizens'marish"servant, slave

"snenath"woman servant, lady's maid

"lautni"slave, freedman

"lautnitha"female slave, freedwoman

"themias-"had obeyed

"zeri"free"