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The Greek god Zeus and the Roman god Jupiter both appear as the head gods of their respective pantheons. [ 121 ] [ 113 ] * Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr is also attested in the Rigveda as Dyáus Pitā , a minor ancestor figure mentioned in only a few hymns, and in the Illyrian god Dei-Pátrous , attested once by Hesychius of Alexandria . [ 122 ]
Odin, Freyr, and Thor in Norse mythology. Odin is the god of wisdom and knowledge, Freyr is the god of fertility and prosperity, and Thor is the god of thunder and strength. The Triglav in Slavic mythology; Perkūnas (god of heaven), Patrimpas (god of earth) and Pikuolis (god of death) in Prussian mythology; The Zorya or Auroras in Slavic mythology
This suggests that the Greeks, Romans, and Indians originated from a common ancestral culture, and that the names Zeus, Jupiter, Dyaus and the Germanic Tiu (cf. English Tues-day) evolved from an older name, *Dyēus ph 2 ter, which referred to the sky-god or, to give an English cognate, the divine father in a Proto-Indo-European religion. [8]
Much of Jesus's traditional iconography is apparently derived from Mediterranean deities such as Hermes, Asclepius, Serapis, and Zeus and his traditional birthdate on 25 December, which was not declared as such until the fifth century, was at one point named a holiday in honour of the Roman sun god Sol Invictus. At around the same time ...
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
Laius along with three other men attempted to steal honey from the sacred cavern of Zeus in Crete where the god had been born and nursed. Zeus, initially wanting to kill them all, transformed them into birds instead under the advice of Themis and the Moirai. Lelante: Woodpecker: Zeus Lelante was part of a righteous and favoured-by-the-gods family.
In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the bottom-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word:
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.