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Pallas - son of Euander, died as an ally of Aeneas.

Penates - Italian household guardian deities.

Picus – son of Saturn, father of Fasun, king of the city of Laurentum. He was transformed into a woodpecker by Circe, whose love he spurned for the nymph Canens.

Romulus - son of Rhea Silvia and Mars. He and his brother Remus were thrown into the Tiber by Amulius. Rescued, they were suckled by a she-wolf. They founded a new city, and during a quarrel over its name, Romulus killed Remus, named the city Roma, and became its first king. Later worshipped as a deity - Quirinus.

Striga - an Italian demonic creature that sucks the blood of small children.

Strigoi - winged female demons with bird tails.

Tarchon - son of Telephus, brother of Tyrsenos, led the Etruscans from Asia Minor to Italy, where he founded their oldest city - Tarquinia.

Turnus - king of the Rutudi, ruler of the city of Ardea, fiancé of Lavinia, enemy of Aeneas and leader of the war against him.

Venilia - a nymph, mother of Turnus. She was sometimes associated with Janus or Neptune.