Selvans

{{Short description|Etruscan god of boundaries}}

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In Etruscan mythology and religion, Selvans is god of the woodlands and boundaries, including sacred boundaries.{{Cite book|last=Thomson de Grummond|first=Nancy|title=The Religion of the Etruscans|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2006|isbn=0-292-70687-1}} He is possibly cognate with Roman Silvanus. As the god of boundaries, he is known by the epithet tularias as stated by a dedication of a statue to the god.{{Cite book|title=The Etruscan World, Routledge|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-0-415-67308-2}} His name is 10th on the list of 16 gods on the outer rim of the Piacenza Liver (a bronze model of a sheep’s liver used as a reference or teaching tool for divination). Votive inscriptions from the liver show that he was a popular god in Etruria.

Only one certain representation of Selvans has been found, alongside a statue of Culśanś. He is portrayed as a naked youth wearing a cap made of a bear’s hide and high boots. This contrasts from the Roman Silvanus, who is usually shown as a bearded man.