Persipnei

{{Short description|Etruscan deity}}

{{Infobox deity

| name = Persipnei

| type = Etruscan

| god_of = Queen of the underworld

| consort = Aita

| Roman_equivalent = Proserpina

| Greek_equivalent = Persephone

}}

In Etruscan mythology, Persipnei{{Pronunciation needed|date=February 2024}} or Phersipnai (later Ferspnai) was the queen of the underworld and equivalent to the Greek goddess Persephone and Roman Proserpina.{{cite book |title= Maiden, mother, crone: the myth and reality of the triple goddess |last= D. J. Conway |first= D. J. |authorlink= D. J. Conway |year= 1994 |publisher= Llewellyn Worldwide |isbn= 0-87542-171-7 |page= 93 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KnJgevpp3DMC&q=Persipnei&pg=PA93}} Persipnei was the consort of the divine ruler of the underworld, Aita. Together, both of these deities ruled the Etruscan underworld, which was guarded by Mantus and Mania.{{cite book|last=Wilkinson|first=Philip|title=Mythology|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Ltd|page=91|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zD_cRo8OVgC&q=Persipnei+etruscan&pg=PA91|year=2007|isbn=978-1405334754}} Indeed, her name was borrowed by the Etruscans from the Greeks.