▲ | thaumasiotes 8 hours ago | |||||||
> In most European mythologies, the thunder god is the most "in charge". Most? It's true of the Greeks. It's true of the Romans after their mythology is unified with the Greeks, and there's a good chance it was also true before. But that's it, as far as I see. It's not true of Celtic mythology and Slavic mythology is barely known. | ||||||||
▲ | vintermann 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Slavic mythology isn't that unknown. We know that a thunder god (Perun) was on top of it. In Finnish mythology, it's pretty clear Ilmarinen (a sky/weather God) is on top of it. Though it has a specific thunder god (Ukko), they seem to think he came later and took over thunder from the sky god. Celtic mythology doesn't have a sky god on top, it's true. But it has the same issue as Norse mythology: in the form we know it, it's much younger (and probably influenced by) Christianity. | ||||||||
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▲ | Amezarak 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Given the meaning of Jupiter and the extreme importance of Jupiter even in the time of the Roman kings, I think there's much more than a "good chance." |