Maris (mythology)

He was the son of Hercle, the Etruscan equivalent of Heracles.

On two bronze mirrors, Maris appears in scenes depicting an immersion rite presumably to ensure his immortality.

[1] Massimo Pallottino noted that Maris might have been connected to stories about the centaur Mares, the legendary ancestor of the Ausones, who underwent a triple death and resurrection.

[2] Some scholars think he influenced Roman conceptions of the god Mars,[3] but this is not universally held; more likely he was the god of fertility and love, similar to the greek Eros.

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