Editing Calu (section)

{{Short description|Epithet of the Etruscan god Śuri}}
'''Calu''' ({{langx|ett|𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌂|Calu|dark, darkness}}){{sfn|Zavaroni|1996}}{{sfn|Mc Callister|Mc Callister|1999}} is an epithet of the [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] [[chthonic]] [[fire god]] '''[[Śuri]]'''{{sfn|Bouke van der Meer|2013|pages=323–341}}{{sfn|Rissanen|2013}}{{sfn|Maras|2010}} as god of the [[underworld]], roughly [[interpretatio graeca|equivalent]] to the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] god [[Hades]] ({{langx|grc-x-ionic|label=[[Epic Greek]]|Ἄϊδης|Áïdēs}}; {{langx|ett|𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌀|[[Aita]]}}); moreover, as with Hades, this god-name was also used as a synonym for the underworld itself.{{sfn|Romano Impero|2021}}

He is identified by his wolf attributes, such as a wolf-like appearance or a human with a wolf-skin cap.{{sfn|De Grummond|Simon|2006|p=57}}
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 {{langx|sbv|hirpus||wolf}}).{{sfn|Rissanen|2013}}