Maris (or Mariś) was an
Etruscan god often depicted as an infant or child and given many
epithets, including ''Mariś Halna'', ''Mariś Husrnana'' ("Maris the Child"), and ''Mariś Isminthians''. He was the son of
Hercle, the Etruscan equivalent of
Heracles. On two
bronze mirrors, Maris appears in scenes depicting an immersion rite to ensure his immortality.
Some scholars think he influenced Roman conceptions of the god
Mars, but this is not universally held.
[N.T. DE GRUMMOND, "Maris´, the Etruscan Genius," in ''Across Frontiers. Studies in Honour of D. Ridgway and F.R. Serra Ridgway'', London 2006, pp. 413-426]
References
Etruscan gods
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