Catha (mythology)
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Catha (Etruscan: ππππ, romanized: Catha, also written πππ, Cath, πππππ, Cautha, or πππ ππ, Kavtha) is a female Etruscan lunar or solar deity, who may also be connected to childbirth, and has a connection to the underworld.[1][2] Catha is also the goddess of the south sanctuary at Pyrgi, Italy.[1]
She is known as Leucothea in ancient Greek. She is often seen with the Etruscan god Εuri with whom she shares a cult.[3] Catha is also frequently paired with the Etruscan god Fufluns, who is the counterpart to the Greek god Dionysus, and Pacha, the counterpart to the Roman god Bacchus.[4] Additionally, at Pyrgi, Catha is linked with the god Aplu, the counterpart to the Greek god Apollo.[5] Aplu may have even taken some of the characteristics of Catha when he was brought into the Etruscan religion.[5] Giovanni Colonna has suggested that Catha is linked to the Greek Persephone since he links Catha's consort, Εuri, to Dis Pater in Roman mythology.[6]