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But the Vedic Dyu or Dyaus-pitar is first of all a masculine, while in later Sanskrit only it becomes exclusively a feminine.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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In the Veda we find Zeus or Jupiter (Dyaus-pitar) meaning the sky, and Sarameias or Hermes, meaning the breeze of a summer morning.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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"Dyaus-pitar," or God the Father, as among the Greeks we have
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
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