tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post8299151230576706103..comments2023-04-18T00:44:59.351+10:00Comments on A dead man fell from the sky...: The Gods of P.I.E.Gary Corbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-35865060093234805782014-10-23T17:54:09.303+11:002014-10-23T17:54:09.303+11:00Hi Korgon, welcome to the blog.
Yes, Odin might b...Hi Korgon, welcome to the blog.<br /><br />Yes, Odin might be an admixture with some pre-existing religion. <br /><br />That's interesting about Ziu!<br />Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-4480663998032245222014-10-23T14:12:46.857+11:002014-10-23T14:12:46.857+11:00The oddness of Odin as chief god has been noted of...The oddness of Odin as chief god has been noted often. Looking at what's left, it seems pretty common to point out that Odin really has much more in common with Mercury (same as Hermes in Greek? My Greek/Roman mythology is a bit rusty) than with Zeus or the other equivalents. Tyr, however is a sky god in the same vein as Zeus or Jupiter. Tyr is the most commonly known name for the deity since much of our written record of him comes from the Eddas and other contemporary(ish) sources. Tyr's name in the continent, however, was Ziu. <br /><br />The recognizing of Odin as chief god is a bit less confusing if you take into account the theory (not sure how widely supported, but I've read it many times in many places over the years) that at some point after P.I.E. religious traditions branched with their respective populations Odin supplanted the Zeus analog Tyr/Ziu/Tiw as the chief god.Korgonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225857097774513200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-56874336004964840832013-10-27T14:34:43.132+11:002013-10-27T14:34:43.132+11:00I'm not sure Hephaestus isn't a later addi...I'm not sure Hephaestus isn't a later addition, but I really don't know. I would have thought his equivalent would be the other artificer gods? <br />Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-79817847051330418962013-10-27T13:08:39.259+11:002013-10-27T13:08:39.259+11:00This blogpost is fantastic.
Would Hephaestus fit ...This blogpost is fantastic.<br /><br />Would Hephaestus fit the Thunder god category as the forger of the lightning bolts, since Zeus is Father Sky? I know the Vedic tradition definitely has a thunder god, too, but I guess I'm wondering why (if it is) the Thunder God and the Father Sky was conflated for the Greeks but no one else?Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-40139065036981070572013-09-20T09:06:32.456+10:002013-09-20T09:06:32.456+10:00I never knew that Greek was part of PIE. Thanks fo...I never knew that Greek was part of PIE. Thanks for the lesson Gary.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590436860920779739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-74682758056653199462013-09-09T12:44:35.401+10:002013-09-09T12:44:35.401+10:00Nice summarty.Nice summarty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.com