Dis Pater

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Dis Pater is a Roman god of the underworld and wealth, often identified with Pluto and associated with the riches found beneath the earth.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dis Pater canonical 8
Dius 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god ⓘ
chthonic deity ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
associatedWith Hades ⓘ
Orcus ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
Proserpina ⓘ
linked to: Persephone
category Roman gods of the underworld ⓘ
Roman gods of wealth ⓘ
chthonic Roman deities ⓘ
cultType chthonic cult ⓘ
state cult ⓘ
culture Ancient Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Roman religion
domain underworld ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
epithet Father Dis ⓘ
equivalent Hades ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
identifiedWith Greek god Hades ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
mythologicalFunction controlling underground resources ⓘ
presiding over the afterlife ⓘ
receiving souls of the dead ⓘ
nameEtymology from Latin "dives" meaning "rich" and "pater" meaning "father" ⓘ
offeringType black animals ⓘ
sacrifices in pits or trenches ⓘ
pantheon Roman pantheon ⓘ
role guardian of subterranean wealth ⓘ
ruler of the underworld ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence buried treasure ⓘ
death ⓘ
gems ⓘ
precious metals ⓘ
spouse Proserpina ⓘ
linked to: Persephone
symbolicAssociation fertility of the earth ⓘ
mineral wealth ⓘ
riches beneath the earth ⓘ
the dead ⓘ
worshipPeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
worshipPlace Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pluto → epithet → Dis Pater ⓘ
Aidoneus → romanEquivalent → Dis Pater ⓘ
Semo Sancus → hasCultTitle → Dius ⓘ
linked to: Dis Pater
Pluto → alsoKnownAs → Dis Pater ⓘ
Orcus → equatedWith → Dis Pater ⓘ
Rex Inferorum → appliesTo → Dis Pater ⓘ
Orcus → identifiedWith → Dis Pater ⓘ
Sucellus → equatedWith → Dis Pater ⓘ
Aita → equivalentInRomanMythology → Dis Pater ⓘ