Re: 'dyeus'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "hwhatting" <hwhatting@...> wrote:

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> As far as I understand it, the equation of Jupiter the planet with Jupiter the god is not of Indo-European date or origin, but is a much later adaptation of an oriental / Babylonian system. So Jupiter / Zeus was originally the god of the bright day and the father of gods, and later was assigned to the planet Jupiter because his Babylonian equivalent (Marduk, the chief of gods) had been (see the wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet for details). At this point of time the theonym Jupiter / Zeus had already become etymologically opaque (i.e., Romans and Greeks didn't know that the theonym originally had meant "shining, bright"), so there is no need for Jupiter being the brightest planet.
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> Best regards,
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> Hans-Werner
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Marduk.

You are saying that Marduk is "god of the bright day"?

Couldn't see Marduk in the wiki paragraph on Babylon.

There is an earlier (by hours) post of mine on this thread but it has disappeared currently.

Many thanks,

Ric