Dyaus

American  

[dyous] / dyaʊs /

noun

1. the Vedic god of the sky.

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Example Sentences

In India Dyaus was a bull, and his spouse, the earth mother, Prithivi, was a cow.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

This is illustrated in Hindoo mythology by the union of Pritrivi, "Mother Earth," with Dyaus, "Heaven."

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

It was delightful to see that Dyaus meant originally the bright sky, something actually seen, but something that had to become something unseen.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

In the Veda, Dyaus appears now, as with Prithivi,** the parent of all, both men and gods, now as a created thing or being fashioned by Indra or by Tvashtri.***

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

Yet with all this he is not Dyaus, nor Indra, nor the Maruts, nor Vâyu, nor Soma.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander