Orcus

Roman death deity
Person roman_deity Q860314
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Orcus

Summary

Orcus is a Roman deity[1]. He draws 474 Wikipedia views per month (roman_deity category, ranking #23 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • Among Orcus's spouses was Nox[3].
  • A child of Orcus was Fraus[4].
  • Orcus's image is recorded as Monster in Parco dei Mostri (Bomarzo).jpg[5].
  • Orcus is recorded as male[6].
  • Orcus's instance of is recorded as Roman deity[7].
  • Orcus's instance of is recorded as death deity[8].
  • Orcus's Commons category is recorded as Tomba dell’Orco (Tarquinia)[9].
  • Orcus's said to be the same as is recorded as Pluto[10].
  • Orcus's residence is recorded as underworld[11].
  • Orcus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ll49[12].
  • Orcus's worshipped by is recorded as ancient Roman religion[13].
  • Orcus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Orcus's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3491[15].
  • Orcus's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Orcus'}[16].
  • Orcus's different from is recorded as Orcus[17].
  • Orcus's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as orcus[18].
  • Orcus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Orcus[19].
  • Orcus's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3951808[20].
  • Orcus's ToposText person ID is recorded as 20519[21].
  • Orcus's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Q1266085[22].
  • Orcus's Trismegistos god ID is recorded as 777[23].
  • Orcus's Digital LIMC ID is recorded as cZJmz6ftTVygYEw9qNWwNwn[24].

Body

Personal Life

Orcus was married to Nox[3]. A child of him was Fraus[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Orcus include he[25], a plutino[26].

Why It Matters

Orcus draws 474 Wikipedia views per month (roman_deity category, ranking #23 of 144).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

Entities named for him include he[25], a plutino[26].

FAQs

Who was Orcus married to?

Orcus's spouses include Nox[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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