Roman-God-Tutanus-Turkish-root-tut

Il-Tutmush - Iltutmish

A very unknown God of Rome who protected Rome against Hannibal.

His name was TUTANUS. There is not much info about it, he is almost forgotten.

There are not many phrases about him:

Under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rediculus

we see this verse:

Noctu Hannibalis cum fugavi exercitum,
Tutanus hoc, Tutanus Romae nuncupor.
Hoc propter omnes, qui laborant, invocant.

When in the night great Hannibal I beat,
And forc'd his troops from Latium to retreat,
From my defense, Tutanus was my name:
By this the wretched my protection claim.^[3]

By Varro

>Marcus Terentius Varro (Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs tɛˈrɛntiʊs ˈu̯arroː]; 116–27 BC) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author. He is regarded as ancient Rome's greatest scholar, and was described by Petrarch as "the third great light of Rome" (after Vergil and Cicero).^[1] He is sometimes called Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus.

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there is no real etymology for his name, I only read once under 

http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/forbes/notes.html :

Tutanus - Tutan - Tutamen - to defend, to protect

Latin Tutamen means to protect, to defend.

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I think there is a startling similarity between Latin Tutanus and Turkish root tut-, meaning to hold, to hide, to be the owner of... Turkish Tutan(us) would be "the one who protects".

There are many names in Turkish history with this root like Iltutmish (Il-tutmush), see pic at the beginning.

Or the 3rd Kaghan of the Uygur Turks Bogus Khan has the title 

Tengrida Qut Bolmish El Tutmish Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan

(Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀∶𐰸𐰆𐱃∶𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁∶𐰃𐰠∶𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰢𐱁∶𐰞𐰯∶𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏∶𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀∶𐰴𐰍𐰣 ( lit. 'Heaven blessed, Sovereign, Brave, Glorious Wise Qaghan')

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Look at the Turkish root tut- (source Eyuboglu)

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