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• 24 Mar 15
  

  martin12333
  • • *Dyēus Ph₂tēr (literally "sky father") is the god of the day-lit sky and the chief god of the Indo-European pantheon. The name survives in Greek Zeus with a vocative form Zeu pater; Latin Jūpiter (from the archaic Latin Iovis pater; Diēspiter), Sanskrit Dyáus Pitā, and Illyrian Dei-pátrous.^[5]
     
• 12 Nov 13
  

  ivandariobedoya

  • The various Indo-European daughter-cultures continued elements of PIE religion, syncretizing it with innovations and foreign elements, notably Ancient Near Eastern and Dravidian elements, the reforms of Zoroaster and Buddha, and the spread of Christianity and Islam.

     
     
    • Anatolian: see Hittite mythology
     
    • Indo-Iranian: 
       
      • Indo-Aryan: see Vedic religion and mythology, Indian religions (Hinduism and Hindu mythology, Buddhism and Buddhist mythology, Jainism, Sikhism), and Kalasha (religion)
       
      • Iranian: see Zoroastrianism, Persian mythology
       
       
     
    • Greek: see Greek polytheism and mythology, Hellenistic religion, Decline of Hellenistic polytheism, Greek Orthodox Church
     
    • Italic: see Roman polytheism and mythology, Roman Catholic Church
     
    • Celtic: see Celtic polytheism and mythology, Celtic Christianity
     
    • Germanic: see Germanic mythology (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Norse mythology)
     
    • Baltic: see Latvian mythology, Lithuanian mythology
     
    • Slavic: see Slavic mythology, Christianization of the Slavs
     
    • Tocharian: little evidence, see Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
     
    • Armenian: limited evidence, see Armenian mythology, Armenian Orthodox Church
     
    • Prehistoric Balkans: see Paleo-Balkanic mythology
     
     

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• 21 Mar 08
  

  ken meece

  The existence of similarities among the deities and religious practices of the Indo-European peoples allows glimpses of a common Proto-Indo-European religion and mythology. This hypothetical religion would have been the ancestor of the majority of the religions of pre-Christian Europe, of the Indian religions, and of Zoroastrianism in Iran.

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• 28 Dec 07
  

  Fernando Rivera

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• 26 Mar 07
  

  C K

  A theory that many people in Europe have linguistic and cultural ties to the Aryans. (Whether there is a genetic tie is another issue. But some DNA tests suggests that there has been Aryan blood mixed in the Europe's native population for a long time.)

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• 20 Feb 07
  

  Sophie Sqbr

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