Dyaus

American  

[dyaus] / djaʊs /

noun

1. the Vedic god of the sky.

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Dyaus

The Latin Deus, the Greek Zeus, the Sanscrit Dyaus, the Chinese Tien, all originally meant the sky above, and our own word heaven is often employed synonymously with God.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Daniel Garrison Brinton

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 Andrew Lang

We know, however, that while they called the sky Dyaus, they had in mind an infinite subject, a Deva, a God.

From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

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 Andrew Lang

Dyaus, the sky, the heaven-god, can be worshipped anywhere; so can the earth, so can the heavenly twins, who were objects of early Aryan religion, so can the sun and moon.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

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