Apulu
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Apulu, also syncopated as Aplu, is the Etruscan chthonic sky god, roughly equivalent to the Greco-Roman god Apollo.[3][4][5]
Etruscan god
| Apulu / Aplu | |
|---|---|
| |
| Member of Novensiles | |
 Apulu on a coin from Populonia. | |
| Other names | Rath, Śuri, Usil, Vetis |
| Mount | Mt. Soratte[1] |
| Gender | male |
| Region | Italy |
| Ethnic group | Etruscans |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Tinia and Semla[2] |
| Siblings | |
| Consort | Catha |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Apollo Smintheus |
| Roman equivalent | Soranus |
| Hittite equivalent | Apaliunas |
Apulu is the god of the Sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague, as well as the protector of divination,[6][7] but he also has volcanic and infernal characteristics.[8][9]
He was previously known as Rath,[10] Śuri,[1][11][12] Usil[13] and Vetis,[9] among other names.[14] The name Apulu or Aplu did not come directly from Greece but via a Latin center, probably Palestrina.[6][7][2]