Dyaus

American  

[dyous] / djaʊs /

noun

1. the Vedic god of the sky.

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Or it might be that he was slain by his son, as Cronos was by Zeus and Dyaus by Indra.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

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

The idea which had first been expressed by the pronoun or the termination of the third person, He thunders, was taken up into the word Dyaus, or sky.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Next Dyaus, or rather the Greek form Zeus, almost lost its meaning of the sky, and the true sense being partially obscured, became a name supposed to indicate a person.

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

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.