Apulu
| Apulu(Aplu) | |
|---|---|
| |
| Member of Novensiles | |
Apulu on a coin from Populonia. | |
| Other names | Rath, Śuri, Usil, Vetis |
| Mount | Mt. Soratte |
| Gender | male |
| Region | Italy |
| Ethnic group | Etruscans |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Tinia and Semla |
| Siblings | |
| Consort | Catha |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Apollo |
| Roman | Apollo Soranus |
| Hittite | Apaliunas |
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. Their names are associated on Pyrgi inscriptions too. The name Apulu or Aplu did not come directly from Greece but via a Latin center, probably Palestrina.
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, but he also has volcanic and infernal characteristics.
He was also known as Rath, Usil and Vetis, among other names.