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Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in 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 .
Orcus (minor-planet designation: 90482 Orcus) is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt, with one large moon, Vanth. [7] It has an estimated diameter of 870 to 960 km (540 to 600 mi), comparable to the Inner Solar System dwarf planet Ceres .
Orcus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 18 described species in Orcus , found in Australia , New Guinea , New Caledonia , Java , Sumba , and the Kai Islands .
The Wand of Orcus in the original Monster Manual (1977).. The Wand of Orcus is a fictional magical weapon described in various Dungeons & Dragons media. Because of the popularity of Orcus as a villain within the Dungeons & Dragons universe, many different authors have written materials describing artifacts created by or associated with the character.
A diagram of the Tomb of Orcus, showing the two chambers and two dromes (entrances).. The Tomb of Orcus (Italian: Tomba dell'Orco), sometimes called the Tomb of Murina (Italian: Tomba dei Murina), is a 4th-century BC Etruscan hypogeum (burial chamber) in Tarquinia, Italy.
The term orcus is glossed as "orc, þyrs, oððe hel-deofol " [a] ("Goblin, spectre, or hell-devil") in the 10th century Old English Cleopatra Glossaries, about which Thomas Wright wrote, "Orcus was the name for Pluto, the god of the infernal regions, hence we can easily understand the explanation of hel-deofol.
Vanth (formal designation (90482) Orcus I; provisional designation S/2005 (90482) 1) is a natural satellite or moon of the large trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Orcus. It was discovered by Michael Brown and Terry-Ann Suer using images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 13 November 2005. The moon has a diameter of 443 km (275 mi), making it ...
Orcus was a Roman god of the underworld. Orcus may also refer to: Orcus (dwarf planet), a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet; Orcus (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Coccinellidae; Orcus Patera, a large elongated depression the planet Mars; Orcus (Dungeons & Dragons), a demon prince in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game