[[gods]] --- ## Misc. [Wikipedia: MIsc other PIE Gods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-mythology#Other-propositions-3) - [[gods-attitudes-towards-mortals]] - They consumed [[*nmrtom]] / [[■GOLDEN-APPLES]] - [[lyle2017]] Old vs Young gods - The gods are linked with: [[sky-color]], [[24hours]], [[space]] - [[godsvstitans-or-warofthegods]] - [[sacred-marriage]] - [[prosper2015]] - [[zavaroni2006]] Communitarian & Individualistic gods - Ways of organize them/thinking about them: Zone/Area/Location (Sky, Earth) VS Heavenly/slight vs Earthly/cthonic/viril - The PIE set of belief is founded on a resistant animistic substrate. We shall prefer the terms “sky-god” and “thunder-god” to “god of the sky” and “god of thunder” [Source?] - Some gods are difficult to put in a box, summarize, and simplify because they have many aspects. [[lincoln1977b]] ex. Mithra - Other Gods: [Wikipedia: PIE Myth: Other Propositions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-mythology#Other-propositions-3) - [[gods-attitudes-towards-mortals]] - [[lyle2017]] Old vs Young - The gods are linked with: [[sky-color]], [[24hours]], [[space]] - "[The Finno-Ugric] system of gods, which is not as strictly hierarchical as that in IE mythology -- a distinction perhaps reflecting the different structures of society prevalent among IEs and Finno-Ugric peoples." (m-hoppal2000p76) - [[omniscience]] - The gods do not have the attributes of omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence, which lead to the ultimately unresolvable ‘Problem of Evil’. They are finite, limited beings, although perhaps somewhat larger than life characters. They must use their wit and wile in order to achieve their ends by means that do not constitute intrinsically virtuous actions. Ex. [[ts4.2.1.1-2]] - NOTE BRIGHT Sky: Grk. Uranus, Hittite Uarsa, Vedic Varsa/Varesta (=Varuna? & Mitra-Varuna?), He impregnates mother earth (gaia). `+` love = [[god-of-love]] `+` ecstacy = [[god-of-ecstacy]] `+` society-community = [[folk-gods]] `+` health-medic-sick-ill-pain-disease `+` rodents `+` archery-bows-arrows = [[god-of-diseases-rodents-arrows]]