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#ChthonicThursday: Manea

Manea was an Etruscan goddess of the dead, of spirits and of chaos, of Oscan origin, associated with the Genetai group. Later Latin mythology incorporated her into their systems of belief, making her the mother of ghosts, of the undead, the night spirits, the Lares and the Manes. She was believed to rule the underworld with Śuri Manth.

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