Lurs (other)
Lurs can refer to: * Lur, a long musical wind instrument without finger holes * Lur, an Etruscan deity * Lurs, an Iranian ethnic group * Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France See also * Luri (other) * Lari (other) Lari may refer to: Currency * Georgian lari, the currency of Georgia * Maldivian laari, or lari, a coin denomination of the rufiyaa of the Maldives Places *Lari Constituency, an electoral constituency in Kenya * Lari, Ardabil, or Lahrud, a ...

Lur (deity)
Lur (Lurs, Luridus, Lurmitla) is an Etruscan underworld deity with not much known history. Lur does not have many depictions but the ones that have been found show the deity as a male. He has been noted to be associated with a prophetic nature, while also bearing oracular and martial characteristics. He has been linked to another deity by the name of Laran, which, it has been suggested, is where Lur derives his name from. The context of the name has been associated with darkness and the underworld. A fifth century vase found near a sanctuary in San Giovenale bears an inscription that translates: "I am Lurs, that of Laran." Another inscription has been found with the spelling ''lartla'', noting relations to a Lar, which gives a label to Lur that describes features of protection. The name may be related to Latin ''luridus'' "pale". Archaeological Evidence There is not much information about Lur except from the various pieces of evidence found in differing areas. In Corchiano, a can ...
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Etruscan Religion
Etruscan religion comprises a set of stories, beliefs, and religious practices of the Etruscan civilization, heavily influenced by the mythology of ancient Greece, and sharing similarities with concurrent Roman mythology and Religion in ancient Rome, religion. As the Etruscan civilization was gradually assimilated into the Roman Republic from the 4th century BC, the Etruscan religion and mythology were partially incorporated into ancient Roman culture, following the Roman tendency to absorb some of the local gods and customs of conquered lands. The first attestations of an Etruscan religion can be traced back to the Villanovan culture. History Greek influence Greek traders brought their religion and hero figures with them to the coastal areas of the central Mediterranean. Odysseus, Menelaus and Diomedes from the Homeric tradition were recast in tales of the distant past that had them roaming the lands West of Greece. In Greek tradition, Heracles wandered these western areas, d ...
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Lur (people)
Lurs () are an Iranian people Iranians or Iranian people may refer to: * Iranian peoples, Indo-European ethno-linguistic group living predominantly in Iran and other parts of the Middle East and the Caucasus, as well as parts of Central Asia and South Asia ** Persians, Irania ... living in the mountains of western Iran. The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari people, Bakhtiari, Mamasani (tribe), Mamasani, Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper, who are principally linked by the Luri language. Lorestan Province is named after the Lurs, but the ethnic group also live in the provinces of Fars Province, Fars, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan Province, Khuzestan, Hamadan Province, Hamadan, Isfahan Province, Isfahan, Tehran Province, Tehran and southern Ilam Province. Language Luri is a Western Iranian languages, Iranian language Dialect continuum, continuum spoken by about four million ...
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