>That is certainly possible. I don't deny the Dyeus Pater element is there,
but since the Romans connected him to Mercury rather than Jupiter, I think
it must have been obscured by Odin's other characteristics.
Recall the Romans also connected Thor to Jupiter, and Thor is never called
"father" in the general sense, as Odin is. So at best the Roman comparisons
were superficial.
Wassail, William
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