Śuri

deity sky Etruscan single tradition · 5

Śuri is an Etruscan fire god. Apulu, also syncopated as Aplu, is an epithet of Śuri as chthonic sky god, roughly equivalent to the Greco-Roman god Apollo.

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When

First attested
700 BCE
Attested period
-700 – 100
Historical notes
Etruscan civilization flourished from the 7th century BCE to the 1st century CE.

Relationships

manifests as
Apulu, Aplu
co occurs with
Aplu, Pacha, Aita, Calu, Fufluns, Hades
consort of
Catha
has aspect
Apulu

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Sources

Source passages

“Apulu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀), also syncopated as Aplu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌐𐌀), is an epithet of the Etruscan fire god Śuri as chthonic sky god, roughly equivalent to the Greco-Roman god Apollo.”

#16364 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“De Grummond has also suggested that since Śuri is a solar god and his consort is Catha, it would make logical sense for his partner to be lunar as opposed to another solar divinity.”

#27099 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Aita (Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌀), also spelled Eita (Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌄), is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri as god of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades”

#38695 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Calu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌂, romanized: Calu, lit. 'dark, darkness') is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri as god of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades”

#38809 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Śuri was essentially a chthonic solar deity: the volcanic fire god of light and darkness, lord of the sun and the underworld, with powers over health and plague as well.”

#46007 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free