Apulu
Etruscan god / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apulu (Etruscan: πππππ), also syncopated as Aplu (Etruscan: ππππ), is an epithet of the Etruscan fire god Εuri[3][4][1][5][6] as chthonic sky god, roughly equivalent to the Greco-Roman god Apollo.[7][8][9] Their names are associated on Pyrgi inscriptions too.[10][3] The name Apulu or Aplu did not come directly from Greece but via a Latin center, probably Palestrina.[11][12][2]
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Apulu(Aplu) | |
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Member of Novensiles | |
Other names | Rath, Εuri, 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 |
Roman equivalent | Soranus,[3][4][1][5][6] Apollo |
Hittite equivalent | Apaliunas |
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Under the name Apulu, he is known as god of the Sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague, as well as the protector of divination,[11][12] but he also has volcanic and infernal characteristics.[13][14][page needed]
He was also known as Rath,[15] Usil[16] and Vetis,[14] among other names.[4]