Editing Orcus (section)

{{Short description|Roman god of the underworld}}
{{About|the Roman god|the dwarf planet|90482 Orcus|other uses|Orcus (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Roman
| name = Orcus
| deity_of = God of the underworld, <br/>punisher of broken oaths
| member_of = the [[Di selecti]]
| image = Bomarzo2013parco21.jpg
| alt = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] -->
| caption = ''Orcus Mouth'', a 16th-century [[folly]] in the [[Gardens of Bomarzo]]
| other_names = [[Dis Pater]], [[Hades]] ([[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]]){{efn|The conflation of Orcus with [[Dis Pater]] and [[Hades]] causes some consternation, since they are thought to originally have been separate. [[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]] is especially bothersome, since he was originally a god of wealth, later merged with [[Hades]], who in turn was confounded with [[Dis Pater]] and Orcus. Confusion with the similar-sounding [[Ancient Greek religion|Greek]] [[Horkos]] is yet another issue to trouble [[mythography|mythographic]] [[lumpers and splitters|splitters]].}}
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| abode = [[Hades]], Underworld
| gender = Male
| Greek_equivalent = [[Horkos]], [[Hades]]
| Etruscan_equivalent = Orcus
| festivals = 
}}
'''Orcus''' was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] and [[Roman mythology]]. As with [[Hades]], the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. Eventually, he was conflated with [[Dis Pater]] and [[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]].

A temple to Orcus may once have existed on the [[Palatine Hill]] in [[Rome]]. It is likely that he was transliterated from the Greek [[daemon (classical mythology)|daemon]] [[Horkos]], the personification of oaths and a son of [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]].{{citation needed|date=February 2010}}