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I don’t mean to intrude but I come from the land of the Messapi. The word Menzana is a very old word rarely used today but I remember my grandfather telling me to go and fill up the Menzana..it was a metal container that he used to fill with water.
La menza e Giove (Jupiter) Menzana
http://www.fondazioneterradotranto.it/2014/05/16/la-menza-e-giove-menzana-altre-perle-dalla-rete/
The Etruscan king Mezentius has already been associated with the Messapic Menzana,since the two also refer to Jupiter,but his story clearly indicates that he was a horseman hero,very similar to the Thracian one,called Mezenai,terms that have survived in Albanian(mez) and Romanian (manz),designating the foal,colt.
I don’t mean to intrude but I come from the land of the Messapi. The word Menzana is a very old word rarely used today but I remember my grandfather telling me to go and fill up the Menzana..it was a metal container that he used to fill with water.
La menza e Giove (Jupiter) Menzana
http://www.fondazioneterradotranto.it/2014/05/16/la-menza-e-giove-menzana-altre-perle-dalla-rete/