90482 Orcus objects with a similar size and orbit to that of Pluto are named after underworld deities. Accordingly, the discoverers suggested naming the object after "Orcus", the Etruscan god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths. He was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. The name was also a private reference to the homonymous Orcas Island, where Brown's wife Diane had lived as a child and that they visit frequently. On March 30, 2005, Orcus's companion, Vanth, was named after a winged female demon of the Etruscan underworld. She could be present at the moment
Chinese names for the God of Abrahamic religions composed by Lü Dongbin, the Christian God is denominated by the term "Tiānzhǔ" (天主, literally, "Lord of Heaven"), 800 years before Matteo Ricci and his companions. Islam has enjoyed a long history in China. For Chinese Muslims, the principal term for God is also "Zhēnzhǔ" (真主) but transliterations of the Arabic "Allâh" also exist as "Ālā", and as "Ānlā"="Ān" "Peace"+"Lā" "Help" (阿拉 and 安拉). The term "Húdà" (胡大), from Persian "khudai", for God, is seen more often in north-western China. The earliest documented Chinese Roman Catholic church was founded in China in about 1289. The Roman Catholic Church historically favored