Soranus was an Etruscan, Faliscan, Capenate and

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god adopted into

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. He was worshipped on Mt. Soracte in

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. The area was sacred to underworld gods, such as

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. The worshippers of Apollo Soranus, after his cult had been subsumed by

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, were called ''Hirpi Sorani'' ("wolves of Soranus", from Sabine ''hirpus'' "wolf"). They were firewalkers and carried about the entrails of sacrifices during ceremonies. Soranus was identified with

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, a Roman god of the soil, earth and underworld, or with

, a Greek god adopted by the Romans, and had a female partner,

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, whose sanctuary was located next to his. Strabo, ''Geography'', chapter V

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Myth Index - SoranusMika Rissanen: '' The Hirpi Sorani and the Wolf Cults of Central Italy ''
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