Re: 'dyeus' chronology

Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> shivkhokra wrote:

> I am saying that if dyaus is mentioned for the first time on the planet earth in
> 2000 BC in Rg Veda and then 800 years later in 1200 B.C he is mentioned again as
> Zeus with similar functions on Linear B tablets in Crete, many thousand miles
> away, why is it necessary to assume that Greeks and Rg Vedic people had a common
> ancestor? Does'nt Occam's razor apply?

We already need a common (linguistic) ancestor for Greek and Sanskrit. Occam's razor says we shouldn't multiply entities *without reason*.

We do have an alternative connection - Mitanni Aryans. Some Greek mythology is supposed to show a strong Hurrian influence. However. I don't think that connection could explain Roman _Jupiter_.

Also, isn't Dyaus Pita's rôle more like that of Uranus?

> Unfortunately the Rg Veda was not written in 2000 BCE but sometime around 500 CE
> because Sanskrit was not written until c. 400 CE. So your argument is pointless.

Shivraj said 'mentioned', not 'written'.

Richard.