Orcus

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Roman god underworld deity

Orcus is a Roman god of the underworld, associated with punishing oath-breakers and often identified with or as an aspect of Pluto.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Orcus canonical	2
Orcus (Etruscan god of the underworld)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman god ⓘ underworld deity ⓘ
associatedWith	punishment of oath-breakers ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ the dead ⓘ
category	Roman gods of the underworld ⓘ chthonic gods in Roman mythology ⓘ deities of oaths and promises ⓘ
characterType	chthonic deity ⓘ
contrastedWith	gods of the upper world ⓘ
culture	ancient Roman religion ⓘ
domain	underworld ⓘ
epithet	god of broken oaths ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasEtruscanEquivalent	Orcus (Etruscan underworld figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconography	sometimes depicted as a bearded giant ⓘ sometimes depicted as a demon of the underworld ⓘ
identifiedWith	Dis Pater NERFINISHED ⓘ Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticOrigin	Latin ⓘ
mentionedIn	Roman literary sources ⓘ
moralAssociation	justice ⓘ retribution for perjury ⓘ
moralRole	punisher of perjurers ⓘ
mythologicalRole	guardian of the underworld ⓘ tormentor of the wicked ⓘ
nameUsedFor	the underworld itself in Latin literature ⓘ
opposedTo	oath-breakers ⓘ
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
sometimesConsidered	aspect of Pluto ⓘ chthonic aspect of Jupiter ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	oaths ⓘ retribution ⓘ the underworld ⓘ
timePeriod	classical antiquity ⓘ
worshipPlace	Etruria NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman countryside ⓘ

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

Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) → epithet → Orcus ⓘ

subject surface form: Pluto

Pluto → alsoKnownAs → Orcus ⓘ

2004 DW → namedAfter → Orcus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orcus (Etruscan god of the underworld)