Tages: Etruscan Prophet Who Revealed Sacred Knowledge Before He Vanished

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Etruscans had many prophets, and Tages was the most important among them. The Etruscan religion was based on the idea that the destiny of man was entirely determined by the moods of the many deities worshipped.

The Etruscans believed in predestination. Although you could sometimes postpone an event, there was no way to escape your destiny. The existence and lifespan of a human being were fixed on a timescale determined by the gods.

The central myth of the Etruscan prophecy concerns Tages, said to be the son of Genius and the grandson of Jupiter. The Romans referred to the prophet as Tages, but his Etruscan name may have been Tarchies. According to the 44 B.C writings of Cicero and other ancient authors, the whole of the Etrusca Disciplina was revealed by Tages to a mortal man named Tarchon, the founder-hero of the significant Etruscan city of Tarquinia.

According to legend, Tages was a wise child who appeared to the Etruscans when he emerged from the furrow, with the face of an old man, gray hair, and a beard.

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