Vanth

Meaning

Proper Noun

• In Etruscan mythology, a chthonic goddess who guides the souls of the dead to the underworld, often shown in various forms of funerary art.
• The single known natural satellite of the plutino and likely dwarf planet Orcus.

Origin

• From Etruscan. The moon was named after the goddess in an online voting in 2009, the name Vanth was first suggested by American writer Sonya Taaffe.