Re: 'dyeus' chronology

Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> shivkhokra wrote:

> I am saying that if dyaus is mentioned for the first time on the planet earth in
> 2000 BC in Rg Veda and then 800 years later in 1200 B.C he is mentioned again as
> Zeus with similar functions on Linear B tablets in Crete, many thousand miles
> away, why is it necessary to assume that Greeks and Rg Vedic people had a common
> ancestor? Does'nt Occam's razor apply?

We already need a common (linguistic) ancestor for Greek and Sanskrit. Occam's razor says we shouldn't multiply entities *without reason*.

We do have an alternative connection - Mitanni Aryans. Some Greek mythology is supposed to show a strong Hurrian influence. However. I don't think that connection could explain Roman _Jupiter_.

Also, isn't Dyaus Pita's rôle more like that of Uranus?

> Unfortunately the Rg Veda was not written in 2000 BCE but sometime around 500 CE
> because Sanskrit was not written until c. 400 CE. So your argument is pointless.

Shivraj said 'mentioned', not 'written'.

Richard.

Then he's still wrong because the Rg Veda could not have existed 500 years before the events it portrays.