Varuna/Mitra, still

From: Joao
Message: 34408
Date: 2004-10-01

I had another idea about the identities of Varuna and Mitra:
 
Mitra = Dyauh, the Sky Father
Varuna Asura = the Chief of "Vaniric" deities, a god of alcoholic beverage (beer/mead)
 It would explain why in Germania the Lawgiver is *Tiuz-Tyr-Tiw. And Varuna-Odinn would be the first of Vanir-Asura deities. In Scandinavia, perhaps due some substratum influence, Odinn was mixed with the Sky Father, and perhaps split into Njord and Odinn.
 
 
Joao SL