Re: [tied] Bhishma = Moon God?

From: Chritopher Gwinn
Message: 4176
Date: 2000-10-08

You seem to forgetting, however, that The Mahbharata (1.99) states quite clearly that Bhisma was the incarnation of Dyaus so the identification is, thus, not simply the interpretation of Puhvel and Dumezil.
Soma was usually given lunar traits, however.
 
-C. Gwinn