List of Proto Indo European deities

There are many reconstructed Indo European deities. Here is a list of some. These gods may have never existed. Some believe they did exist based on language history.

  • Dyēus a god of the sky,[1]
  • Divine twins a pair of twins who gave fertility[2]
  • Mitra-Varuna a pair of gods associated with law[3]
  • Perkwunos a thunder god[1]
  • H₂éwsōs a dawn goddess[1]
  • Seh₂ul and Meh₁not a sun goddess and moon god[4]
  • Dʰéǵʰōm an earth goddess[1][5] also known as *Pleth₂wih₁[2][4]
  • H1n̥gʷnis a fire god[1]
  • H₂epom Nepōts an underwater fire god[6]
  • H₂weh₁-yú a wind god[1]
  • Pehuson a nature god[7]
  • Fates three goddesses of fate[4]
  • H₂eryo-men a god of roads[6]
  • Smith God a god of smiths[4]
  • Deh₂nu a goddess of rivers[1]
  • Priyah a love goddess[8][1]
  • Welnos a cattle god[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006-08-24). The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-928791-8.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jackson, Peter (2002-01-01). "Light from Distant Asterisks Towards a Description of the Indo-European Religious Heritage". Numen. 49 (1): 61–102. doi:10.1163/15685270252772777. ISSN 1568-5276.
  3. ↑ Mitra-Varuna Georges Dumézil
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 West, M. L.; West, Formerly Professor of Greek at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Senior Research Fellow M. L. (2007-05-24). Indo-European Poetry and Myth. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-928075-9.
  5. ↑ M De Vaan 2008 Etymological Dictionary Of Latin And The Other Italic Languages.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mallory, J. P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-98-5.
  7. ↑ Puhvel, Jaan (1987). Comparative Mythology. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-3413-4.
  8. ↑ "Pria, a Proto-Indo-European Goddess". 2022-04-26. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2023-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ Jaan Puhvel, Analecta Indoeuropaea, (a collection of articles), publ. by Innsbrucker Beitrage zur Sprachwissenschaft, Innsbruck, 1981
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