Re: [tied] why did romans and greeks have had the same gods?

Dyaus Pitar - The one that brings the bread; the first great god of the Aryans; from him we have then Zeus and Saturn and, maybe, the story of the Genesis, when the Supreme God liked the Earth and gave birth through his breath to the 7 gods of the world genezis, their leader being the great god Dak-Sha.

Tara

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Wasn't there an Indian god 'Dyashpitar' or something similar? I assume this god is somehow connected with Jupiter and Zeus. David James --- In cybalist@......, Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@......> wrote: > The Old Roman religion and mythology were strongly affected by Etruscan and Greek influences, especially after the semi-legendary establishment of the Capitoline triad (Jupiter, Juno and Minerva) and the purchase of the Sibylline Books from the Greek oracle at Cumae -- both attributed to the house of the Tarquins (in the 6th c. BC). The Etruscans themselves absorbed many traits of Greek culture (including religion), passing them on to their Italic neighbours and subjects. > > Eventually, all the major Roman gods and goddesses were identified with the Greek ones (often changing their functions in the process, and becoming more anthropomorphic: Juno : Hera, Ma[vo]rs : Ares, Diana : Artemis), and new deities were introduced to fill any remaining gaps in the pantheon. Heroes such as Hercules, Castor and Pollux were imported too. However, the Romans retained a host of minor "specialist" divinities of native origin and pieces of old ritual even after their religion had been rather thouroughly Hellenised. > > If you consider the etymologies of the oldest Roman theonyms, very few of them have Greek counterparts (Iuppiter : Zeus pater, Vesta : Hestia); moreover, despite the cognacy of their names they were not functionally equivalent in all their aspects. The Greeks and the Romans certainly didn't have "the same" gods from the beginning. > > Piotr > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: alexmoeller@... > To: cybalist@... > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 9:11 AM > Subject: [tied] why did romans and greeks have had the same gods? > > > why did romans and greeks have had the same gods? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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