The Sky Father, Five Names
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Zeus Pater. Iuppiter. Dyáuṣ Pitā. Týr.
Different gods, one ancestor: PIE *Dyḗus Ph₂tḗr, "Sky Father". The name literally means "shining sky + father".
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The Iran twist: the same root gave Avestan daēva (later Persian dīv, "demon"). Same word, opposite fate, one of the great reversals in religious language.
Which sky-god name do you know first? Zeus, Jupiter, or Týr (Tuesday!)?
