Welcome to the Etruscan Oracle® which I have created from ancient Etruscan texts and religious and mythical lore.
The Etruscans were famous throughout the Ancient World as magicians and diviners. In the Roman Republic, Etruscan diviners were called upon as experts to interpret omens. They read entrails, the stars, the flight of birds and the flash of lightning and crash of thunder. Even after the conquest of the Etruscan by the Romans, Roman diviners were sent to Etruscan cities to learn from the Etruscans whom they recognised as experts in all things divination.
The Etruscan alphabet developed out of the Western variety of the Ancient Greek alphabet. It was usually written from right to left. The Etruscan alphabet was adopted and further adapted by both the Romans and the early Germanic peoples. Thus the Etruscan letters were the forerunners of the well-known Nordic runes used by the Vikings. Alphabets have long been perceived as mystical and meaningful symbols on their own. They have been popularly used as a form of divination since man first learnt to write. A favourite medium of Etruscan artists was terracotta.
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Below is a simple version of the Etruscan Oracle which gives a very short reading for one tile.
For a guide to pronunciation, click here.
For a guide to the deities in the Etruscan Oracle, click here.
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