Dyaus Pitar
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Dyaus Pitar is the ancient Vedic sky god, regarded as a primordial father figure and etymological cognate of the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dyaus | 1 |
| Dyaus Pitar (etymological cognate) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vedic deity
ⓘ
sky god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
brightness
ⓘ
daylight sky ⓘ heaven ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu gods
ⓘ
Vedic gods ⓘ sky and weather gods ⓘ |
| child |
Agni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ashvins NERFINISHED ⓘ Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ushas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cognateWith |
Jupiter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European *Dyēus Ph₂tḗr NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consortType | earth goddess ⓘ |
| cosmicPair | Dyaus and Prithvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmologicalPosition | upper world deity ⓘ |
| culture | Vedic ⓘ |
| domain | sky ⓘ |
| epithet | Sky Father NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| equivalentInGreekMythology | Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| equivalentInRomanMythology | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin | Proto-Indo-European sky father deity ⓘ |
| function |
progenitor of deities
ⓘ
progenitor of humans ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meaningOfElement_Dyaus | sky ⓘ |
| meaningOfElement_Pitar | father ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Sky Father ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalType | personification of the sky ⓘ |
| nameElement |
Dyaus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pitar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | earth (Prithvi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentalRole |
father of gods
ⓘ
father of men ⓘ |
| religion | Vedic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | primordial father figure ⓘ |
| spouse |
Prithvi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prithvi Mata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInPantheon | deity of relatively limited later prominence ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod | early Vedic period ⓘ |
| worshipRegion | ancient Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.