Hades three-headed guard dog Cerberus. The Etruscan god Aita and the Roman gods Dis Pater and Orcus were eventually taken as equivalent to Hades and merged into Pluto, a Latinization of Plouton (", Ploútōn"), itself a euphemistic title often given to Hades. The origin of Hades' name is uncertain, but has generally been seen as meaning "the unseen one" since antiquity. An extensive section of Plato's dialogue "Cratylus" is devoted to the etymology of the god's name, in which Socrates is arguing for a folk etymology not from "unseen" but from "his knowledge ("eidenai") of all noble things". Modern linguists have
Wand of Orcus Wand of Orcus 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. The Wand of Orcus is consistently the most important and most described of these artifacts. The "Wand of Orcus" is first presented in the "Eldritch Wizardry" supplement in 1976, by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume, for the original (white box) "Dungeons & Dragons" game. There, it is also called "the wand