Zeus v Jehovah

jstalin

Why should I believe in Jehovah, but not Zeus?

Discuss.

BurnTheShips

Zeus, poetically referred to by the vocativeZeu pater ("O, father Zeus"), is a continuation of *Di?eus, the Proto-Indo-European god of the daytime sky, also called * Dyeus ph 2 ter ("Sky Father"). [2] The god is known under this name in Sanskrit (cf. Dyaus/Dyaus Pita), Latin (cf. Jupiter, from Iuppiter, deriving from the PIE vocative * dyeu-ph 2 ter [3] ), deriving from the basic form *dyeu- ("to shine", and in its many derivatives, "sky, heaven, god"). [2] And in Germanic and Norse mythology (cf. *Tiwaz > OHGZiu, ONTýr), together with Latin deus, divus and Dis(a variation of dives [4] ), from the related noun *deiwos. [4] To the Greeks and Romans, the god of the sky was also the supreme god, whereas this function was filled out by Odin among the Germanic tribes. Accordingly, they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with Thor ( Þórr ). Zeus is the only deity in the Olympic pantheon whose name has such a transparent Indo-European etymology. [5]