Aplu (Etruscan deity)

Aplu
The Apollo of Veii (the Etruscan Aplu). From the roof of the Portonaccio Temple at Veii (Italy), around 510-500 BCE. The statue was probably made by Vulca
God of the Sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague
General Information
Species	God
Race	Olympian
Gender identity	Male
Aliases	Rath, Śuri, Usil, Vetis
Abodes	Mount Sorrate
Symbols	Laurel twigs, Lyre and a Staff
Relationships
Parents	Tinia and Semla
Siblings	Full Siblings Artume, Fufluns Half-Siblings Menrva, Turms, Laran, Menrva, Sethlans
Consorts	Catha
Languages
Elliniká(Greek)	Απόλλων
Etruscan	𐌖𐌋𐌐𐌀 or 𐌀𐌐𐌋𐌖 𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀 or 𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌋𐌖
Hellēnikḗ(Ancient Greek)	Ἀπόλλων
Italino(Italian)	Apollo
Equivalents
Berber equivalent	Abru
Etruscan equivalent	Śuri
Greek equivalent	Apollon
Hittite equivalent	Apaliunas
Roman equivalent	Apollo
Semitic equivalent	Nergal (Aplu Enlil)

Aplu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌐𐌀) also known as Apulu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀) is the Etruscan god of weather and light. He was often identified with the Greco-Roman God Apollo.

He is the brother of Artume and Fufluns. Aplu is also one of the children of Tinia and Semla. His symbols are laurel twigs, and the staff.

He was usually depicted as a beardless youth wearing a laurel leaf and partially in cloak, otherwise naked.

This deity is believed to be the same or related to the Berber god Abru. His name has also been used as an epithet for Śuri and was also known as Rath, Usil and Vetis, among other names.