Calu
Epithet of the Etruscan god Śuri
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Calu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌂, romanized: Calu, lit. 'dark, darkness')[1][2] is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri[3][4][5] as god of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades (Epic Greek: Ἄϊδης, romanized: Áïdēs; Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌀, romanized: Aita); moreover, as with Hades, this god-name was also used as a synonym for the underworld itself.[6]
He is identified by his wolf attributes, such as a wolf-like appearance or a human with a wolf-skin cap.[7] The visual representations of the cult of Calu seem to contain common elements with the Roman cult of Lupercalia and the Faliscan cult of the Hirpi Sorani ("wolves of Soranus", from Sabine: hirpus, lit. 'wolf').[4]
