________________
1. VEDIC RELIGION
Dyaus and Prithivi (Heaven and Earth) 6, plus 5.84 dedicated to Earth alone Dyaus Pita is the Sky Father, husband of Prithvi and father of Agni and Indra (RV 4.17.4).
His origins can be traced to the Proto-Indo-European sky god *Dyeus, who is also reflected as Greek Zeus(accusative Día, genitive Dios; theos pater), Jupiter (from Latin Iovius pater, "father-god"; deus pater) in Roman mythology, Div in Slavic mythology and Tyr in Norse mythology in Albanian (Zoti).
Apas (Waters) 6 Ap (áp-) is the Vedic Sanskrit term for "water", Adityas 6 'Adityas' are a group of solar deities, sons of Aditi and Kashyapa. They are emblems of the sun for each month of the year, and are themselves called suns. Vishnu 6 Visnu involves the root vis, meaning "to settle, to enter", or also in the Rigveda) "to
pervade", and a suffix nu, translating to approximately "the All-Pervading One". Brahmanaspati 6 Brahmanaspati is the lord of prayer, the father of all sacred prayers, lord of the Satya Mantra, the god of the Word who obliterates enemies of the gods with words of magic.
He helped create the universe through his chanting words. Rudra 5("Howler") is a Rigvedic god of the storm, the hunt, death, Nature and the Wind. Later identified sometimes with Siva.
•
Dadhikras 4
