*Dyḗus, also *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr, is the reconstructed name of the daylight-sky god in Proto-Indo-European mythology. *Dyēus was conceived as a divine personification of the bright sky of the day and the se
The sky over the feather grass-covered steppe in Ukraine. *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr has been translated as "father daylight-sky-god"
A laurel-wreathed head of Zeus, c 360–340 BC.
The Roman god Jupiter (Iovis-pater), 1811.
The Germanic god Týr, 1895.
Dheghom, or *Pl̥th₂éwih₂, is the reconstructed name of the Earth-goddess in the Proto-Indo-European mythology.
*Dyēus
…sky of the day and the seat of the gods, the *deywṓs. Associated with the vast diurnal sky and with the fertile rains, *Dyēus was often paired with *Dʰéǵʰōm, the Earth Mother, in a relationship of union and contrast. While its existence is not directly attested by archaeological or written materials, *Dyēus…
Practicing of Gjâma, the Albanian traditional lamentation of the dead, by the men of Theth (Shala) in the funeral of Ujk Vuksani, 1937.
Jove and Semele (1695) by Sebastiano Ricci.
Statue of Ibu Pertiwi, whose name, though in a non-Indo-European language, is a descendant of the root *Pl̥th₂éwih₂