#dyeus

[bodhi-devotee]

goodnight father Zeus-Helios, once named Dyēus. the name you are called may shift, and those who worship you may come and go, but your essence remains Earth’s anchor. goodnight, father, and i shall see you in the morning.

[father-of-the-void]

The Proto-Indo-European distinction of gods and humans

[looking-at-the-deiwos]

Dyḗus Pətḗr

or as I write it, Dyéus Patér. Also Dyḗus ph₂tḗr

Dyéus is the god of the Sky. The blue, bright sky of day, daylight and clouds are his natural dominion. He also fulfills the role of a Father and is the Leader of the whole pantheon (my own UPG is that he leads the déiwōs not like a king but like a father).

Dyéus is also connected to the concept of the Ártus or Hártus (with a strong h like the ch in loch). The Ártus is the universal law that underlies the cosmos, the order and beauty of it that makes life possible. Dyéus, then, upholds the Ártus and represents the concept of justice but in a cosmic and natural way (justice as in the laws of society are the dominion of another déiwos). In the trifunctional view of Proto Indo-european society, he fulfills the role of the priest-king. He's a patron of priests and the idea of doing rituals in respectful ways.

The first part of his name, Dyéus, derives from déiwos, which is the generic term for a god. So in a way he is THE god. The second part of his name, Patér, means father. Thus, seeing him as your father in the sky is totally valid (traditional even ;)!

In english his name literally means "father daylight-sky-god"

He seems to have had a connection to oaths, coming from his connection with the natural law of the Ártus.

The sun (which has its own déiwos) is sometimes referred to as "the eye of Dyéus"

Dyéus also has other names like Olyópətēr, which means All-Father, and Mitrós, which is associated with a role he had as a double deity with another god that we will see later)

Offerings

Taken from here

Feathers of either eagles or of your local highest flying birds

Depictions or imagery of clouds

Depictions or imagery of oxen

Depictions or imagery of eagles

Depictions or imagery related to fatherhood

Golden beads

Devotional acts

Mostly UPG

Cloud watching

Wearing blue

Learning about different types of clouds

Collecting feathers

Climbing a hill or mountain

Doing things related to fatherhood or leadership

Associations

Taken from here and here

Oxen

Mountain tops

The open sky

Clouds as his herd

Eagles

Feathers of high flying birds

Eye

Gold threads

Obelisk (white)

Alder

Thursday

January

Descendants in later pantheons

The deities of the Proto Indo-European (PIE) pantheon are reconstructed based on the cognates (similar names, myths and such) between later deities in different pantheons of indo-european peoples (Greek, Roman, Germanic, Nordic, Vedic, Iranian, Celtic, Slavic, Baltic, among others). As these people spread out they took their gods with them which got reshaped through generations and the evolution of language.

Dyéus is the most securely reconstructed deity of the proto indo-europeans. Here are some of his most famous descendants or versions in later pantheons:

Zeus (Greek)

Jupiter (Roman)

Tyr (Nordic)

Tiwaz (Germanic)

Diēvas (Lithuanian)

Dyaus Pitar (Vedic)

The Dagda (Celtic)

Mitra (Vedic and Iranian)

Finally, here's his wikipedia article

[atmaflare]

-Dyeus, Ancient sky father-

The hypothetical “sky father” of the Proto-Indo-European civilization, a personification of the day lit sky. Dyeus was thought to be an all-seeing, sun-eyed god. His opposite and consort is thought to be Dhéghōm or Plethwih, the also hypothetical earth goddess, whom he impregnates with his fertile rains to create new life. The Proto- Indo-Europeans are a hypothetical prehistoric ethnolinguistic group who lived across Eurasia and are thought to be the ancestors of many ancient civilizations. After dispersing across the world and millennia passed, common etymological roots can still be found across ancient civilizations in Europe, Africa and Asia. Gods whose names derive from the root dyeu or who are called by some variation of the title “sky father” are thought to share a common ancestor. While non-attested in written or archeological materials, it’s proposed by researchers this god would be called Dyeus based on naming conventions, and would’ve been worshipped by the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans. Possible gods who may share an etymological root with him in some way include the Rigvedic Dyaus, the Greek Zeus, the Norse Odin, the Slavic Stribog, the Irish Dagda and many others.

[nikkoleon]

Jupiter's creator, Dyeus~

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[chthonicdivinebard]

The fourth major component comes from the Proto-Indo-European culture of southern Russia and the Danubian plain that has been reconstructed for about the close of the fourth millennium...Outstanding among these features and terms are Her [Hausos'] physical appearance, Her multiple relations with other divinities, particularly the Divine Twins, and Her more general signification of fertility and cosmic dualism. PIE awsos is probably not late (ie, it is not limited to the "Graeco-Sanskrit level.") She is unquestionably "part of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon", just as much as the early Sky God, *dyews. PIE awsos continues to evolve in pre-Greek in the latter part of the third and the first part of the second millennium, still as a Goddess of Dawn. As Boedeker puts it (1974: 10), "Greek epic itself is heir to a pre-Greek Indo-European poetic tradition."

“The Meaning of Aphrodite” by Paul Friedrich (p 52-3)

[fandirtnikko-blog]

Vortian!Dyeus!

So this guy is actually a character from one of my original series, but I had some extra time to doodle him today.

I wanted to doodle him as a vortian while keeping some of his actual features and so this vortian creature was created neat.

[nikkoleon]

Inktober Day 7  (Jupiter)