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Calu

deity underworld Etruscan single tradition Β· 2

Calu is an earlier Etruscan underworld wolf deity. Aita sometimes wears a wolf cap, borrowing a key attribute from Calu.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
700 BCE
Attested period
-700 – 100
Historical notes
Precedes Aita in the Etruscan pantheon.

Relationships

syncretized with
Hades
co occurs with
Aita, Persipnei, Śuri

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Aita
  2. Calu

Source passages

β€œAlthough Aita is very rarely depicted, he may appear enthroned and sometimes wears a wolf cap, borrowing a key attribute from the earlier Etruscan underworld wolf deity, named Calu.”

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β€œMc Callister, Rick; Mc Callister, Silvia, eds. (1999), "CA-CE", Etruscan Glossary, Calu Zavaroni, Adolfo (1996). I documenti etruschi (in Italian). Sherpa. Calu”

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