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In Etruscan mythology, Persipnei or Phersipnai (later Ferspnai) was the queen of the underworld and equivalent to the Greek Persephone and Roman Proserpina.[1] Indeed, her name was borrowed by the Etruscans from the Greeks.

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References

  1. ^ D. J. Conway, D. J. (1994). Maiden, mother, crone: the myth and reality of the triple goddess. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 93. ISBN 0-87542-171-7.


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