Why the eye on Charun's wing?

Author: * Sin UtNapishtim - 1 Post on this thread out of 21 Posts sitewide.
Date: Oct 19, 2004 - 14:28

Charun and Vanth leading a dead man into Hades. Alabaster relief panel from a 3rd century BC cinerary urn in the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum in Casale Marittimo, Volterra, Italy.*

In my post on "Charun & Vanth on an Ash Urn" I noted the big eye (hard to see here, but try) on the inside of Charun's wing.

Now I'm unsure about the reason I gave for it there. And after doing a little surfing around the web, I think I now have a better, or at least a different one -- one I'll reveal in a new post (on "Etruscan Religion: Gods, divinities, and demons") when I get "round to it."

In the meantime, I invite you to put your own two cents in, and then we can all compare notes and maybe discover the truth?