Adranus
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Adranus was a fire god worshipped by the Sicels, the original inhabitants of the island of Sicily. He was said to have lived under Mount Etna before being driven out by the Greek god Hephaestus or Vulcan. According to Aelian, about a thousand sacred dogs were kept near his temple at the eponymous town of Adranus near Mount Etna. Adranus was said to have been the father of the Palici, born to Adranus' lover, the nymph Talia.
Some commentators have suggested that Adranus may have been related to the similarly-named gods Adar and Adramelech (from Persia and Phoenicia respectively), who were also personifications of the sun or of fire in general.
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References
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, edited William Smith (1870)
