Giacomo Caneva, photograph of a statue of Jupiter in the Campana collection, 1850s.Key myth
Identified with Romulus after his disappearance in the story, Quirinus had a priest (flamen) and a hill, the Quirinal.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Ancient authors disagreed whether Quirinus was Romulus or a Sabine god.
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Quirinus: war and fighting. This is overlap in one area only.
Norse
wisdom, poetry, war
Norse
thunder, protection of gods and people, strength
Norse
love, desire, magic (seiðr)
Norse
law, oaths, war
Egyptian
storm, desert, chaos
Egyptian
kingship, sky
Egyptian
war, plague, healing
Mesopotamian
wind, command, the fates of cities
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