Śuri
Etruscan · deity · archaic · deity
Śuri is a fire god, and a dark one: his character is chthonic rather than celestial, and his name is tied to Soranus, the god of Mount Soracte whose priests the Romans said walked on coals. He was worshipped at Pyrgi, the port sanctuary of Caere best known for its gold tablets in Etruscan and Phoenician. His importance to the shape of the Etruscan pantheon is that current reference treatment makes Apulu — Aplu, the Etruscan Apollo — an epithet of him rather than a god in his own right. This registry keeps both records and links them explicitly, since the question is live and a silent merge would settle it by fiat.
Domains
- fire
- underworld
Epithets
- Apulu
Relations
- equated with: Aplu
Sources
- The sanctuary at Pyrgi, port of Caere.
- Reference article 'Apulu', on Śuri as fire god and on Apulu as his epithet as chthonic sky god.