1) Hittite deity 2) Plague god 
[deity] Aplu was a Hurrian deity of the plague — bringing it, or, if propitiated, protecting from it — and resembles Apollo Smintheus, `mouse-Apollo` Aplu, it is suggested, comes from the Akkadian Aplu Enlil, meaning `the son of Enlil`, a title that was given to the god Nergal, who was linked to Shamash, Babylonian god of the sun. Aplu ...