Re: Zeus roles

From: Christopher Gwinn
Message: 10854
Date: 2001-11-01

> 6- Zeus-Poseidon-Hades = Sem Baal-Yam-Moth = IE Indra-Varuna-Mitra
(???)

I would prefer to see:
Hades-Zeus-Poseidon = Mitra/Varuna-Indra/Vayu-Asvins
[death][storm][horses]=[death][storm][horses]

There may be some reflections of an Indo-Iranian trinity in the Kafir
pantheon:

Imra/Mon-Gish-Bagisht
[creator][war][waters]
Imra and Mon are the equivalents of Yama-raja & Manu.

Compare the Prussian trinity:

Pecullo-Percuno-Potrimpo
[death][thunder][waters]

Which seems to match the Norse:

Odinn-Thorr-Freyr
[death/father][thunder/war][waters]

And the similar Gaulish:

Esus-Taranis-Teutates
[?father][thunder][waters/healer/"peoples' god"]
There is an attested Gaulish personal name, likely taken from a
divine name, Esuateros "Father-Esus" which may have been a
replacement for *Dyeus pater in Gaulish

The Gaulish trinity basically matches the Roman trinity:

Jupiter-Mars-Quirinus
[sky father][war]["peoples' god"]

The PIE trinity may have been:

Death god/Creator - War/Storms - Waters/Horses/Healer

- Chris Gwinn