Ziu (Old High German)
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Ziu (Old High German) is a Germanic god of war and the sky, linguistically related to the Norse deity Tyr and ultimately to the Proto-Indo-European sky-father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ziu (Old High German) canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Germanic deity
ⓘ
sky deity ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | sky-father archetype ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Old High German glosses
ⓘ
medieval German texts ⓘ |
| cognateWith |
Latin deus
ⓘ
Týr ⓘ Tīw ⓘ |
| culture | Old High German ⓘ |
| dayOfWeekAssociation | Tuesday ⓘ |
| dayOfWeekCognate |
Old English Tīw
ⓘ
surface form:
Old English Tīwesdæg
Old Norse language ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse Týsdagr
|
| domain |
sky
ⓘ
war ⓘ |
| equivalentDeity |
Mars (interpretatio romana)
ⓘ
Tyr ⓘ
surface form:
Tyr (Norse deity)
Týr ⓘ Týr ⓘ
surface form:
Tīw (Old English)
|
| etymologicallyRelatedTo |
Jupiter
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European *Dyēus ph₂tḗr ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| function |
guarantor of oaths
ⓘ
protector of warriors ⓘ upholder of law and order ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| laterStatus | partly overshadowed by Wodan (Odin) ⓘ |
| linguisticOrigin | Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | early chief god in some Germanic traditions ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | god ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Zio
ⓘ
Ziu ⓘ
surface form:
Ziuu
|
| pantheon | Continental Germanic gods ⓘ |
| religion | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| scholarlyTopic |
comparative Indo-European mythology
ⓘ
historical linguistics of Germanic theonyms ⓘ |
| semanticField |
sky and daylight
ⓘ
warfare ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.