The Indo-European Sky Father

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Published on Sep 27, 2021
The Proto-Indo-Europeans of the Pontic Caspian Steppe and other parts of Eastern Europe in the neolithic worshipped a paternal deity who they called Dyá¸—us phâ‚‚tá¸—r â€œsky fatherâ€. With comparative linguistics and comparative mythology we can learn a lot about this ancient god from whom Greek Zeus, Roman Jupiter, Irish Dagda, Vedic DyÃ¡uá¹£ Pitá¹›Ì and Norse Odin and many others also derive. In this video I explain what we know about the godâ€™s mythic roles relating to cattle, his relationship to other gods in the Indo-European religion and his association with different animals in later pagan religions.

The Sky Father is the most well attested of all the Indo-European gods and is central to our understanding of Proto-Indo-European religion.

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Music in order:
theme song: Wolcensmen - Sunne
Altyn Tuu - Altai Tuva
Xuriuos - Steppe expansion
Elegiac - Ashwind interlude
Doug Maxwell - Bansure raga
Sjhof - path to the temple
OrmgaÌŠrd - SjaÌlfsforn
Stark Von Oben - Imperator
Halindir - Hedelandet II
Kevin McLeod - Dhaka
Myling - ToÌˆcken
Borg - The May queen enters the circle

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Puhvel, J., â€˜Comparative Mythologyâ€™ 1987. https://amzn.to/3xJVdHb

00:00 Intro
01:34 Indo-Europeans and their beliefs
03:55 Comparative mythology
05:00 Linguistics
07:55 Identifying the sky father
11:15 Indo-European cosmogenesis
14:24 Celestial vs Terrestrial and Hieros Gamos
16:24 Sovereign gods
17:15 Zeus
18:34 Horse twins
19:49 Sacrificial beasts
22:28 Bulls
23:21 Eagles
24:52 Wolves
26:25 Conclusion