Orcus (Roman god of the underworld)

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Roman god chthonic deity

Orcus is a Roman god of the underworld associated with punishing oath-breakers and the souls of the damned.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Greek god Horkos 1
Orcus (Roman god of the underworld) canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god ⓘ
chthonic deity ⓘ
associatedLocation funerary contexts ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
associatedWith death ⓘ
punishment of oath-breakers ⓘ
souls of the damned ⓘ
the dead ⓘ
category Roman gods of the underworld ⓘ
chthonic gods ⓘ
death gods ⓘ
culture Roman mythology ⓘ
depictedAs bearded figure ⓘ
giant ⓘ
monstrous figure ⓘ
domain underworld ⓘ
equatedWith Dis Pater ⓘ
Orcus (Roman god of the underworld) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greek god Horkos

Hades ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
fearedAs avenger of broken oaths ⓘ
function enforcing divine justice ⓘ
receiving the souls of the damned ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
iconographicAttribute open mouth ⓘ
threatening posture ⓘ
linguisticInfluence name used as a common noun for the underworld in Late Latin contexts ⓘ
moralAssociation justice ⓘ
punishment ⓘ
retribution ⓘ
mythologicalType underworld deity ⓘ
perceivedAs dreaded deity ⓘ
relatedConcept afterlife punishment ⓘ
oath ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
religion ancient Roman religion ⓘ
role guardian of oaths ⓘ
punisher of perjurers ⓘ
tormentor of the wicked ⓘ
timePeriod classical antiquity ⓘ
worshipPlace Italy ⓘ
Roman countryside ⓘ
rural shrines ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orcus → namedAfter → Orcus (Roman god of the underworld) ⓘ
Orcus (Roman god of the underworld) → equatedWith → Orcus (Roman god of the underworld) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Orcus
this entity surface form: Greek god Horkos