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Deity Dii Consentes
Jupiter
Iuppiter la
Chief deity of Roman state religion
In brief
Jupiter belongs to Roman religion. His familiar thunderbolt and eagle connect him visually with the Greek Zeus; the Met’s Roman art guide illustrates these attributes. Comparing the pictures is a useful starting point, but a shared attribute alone cannot explain a historical relationship.
Read the comparison as a table of imported descriptions. To investigate worship, follow the places, objects and sources separately. A temple’s dedication dates a building or an observance; it cannot, by itself, date the beginning of a god’s worship.
Sources: The Met: Roman Art, educator guide
Overview
chief deity of Roman state religionWikidata record description. Read Jupiter (god) in the Wikipedia reader.
In 15 other languages
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
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The family as a list · 25
Kinship in an account 25
- child of (child) Ops Roman goddess of earth and fertility
- child of (child) Saturn god in ancient Roman mythology
- parent of (father) Apollo god in Roman mythology
- parent of (father) Bacchus ancient Roman deity of wine
- parent of (father) Bellona ancient Roman goddess of war, similar to the ancient Greek Enyo
- parent of (father) Diana goddess of the hunt, the moon and birthing, equated with the Greek goddess Artemis
- parent of (child) Garamantis
- parent of (father) Hercules Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles
- parent of (child) Iarbas mythical African king
- parent of (father) Iuventas Roman goddess
- parent of (father) Mars Roman god of war, guardian of agriculture
- parent of (father) Mercury Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel
- parent of (father) Minerva Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and defense
- parent of (father) Pax Roman goddess of peace
- parent of (father) Proserpina ancient Roman goddess
- parent of (father) Vulcan god of both beneficial and hindering fire
- partner of Garamantis
- partner of (spouse) Juno ancient Roman goddess
- partner of Juturna goddess of fountains, wells and springs, and the mother of Fontus by Janus
- partner of Latona mother of Apollo and Diana in Roman mythology
- sibling of Ceres Roman goddess of agriculture
- sibling of Juno ancient Roman goddess
- sibling of Neptune Roman god of water, particularly the sea, considered equivalent to the Greek Poseidon
- sibling of Pluto god in Roman religion, Plouton in Greek
Connections
Affiliation 1
Identification 20
- Adceneicus equivalent of Zeus/Iuppiter
- Assaecus Equivalent to Jupiter; possibly a local deity connected to the river Asseca
- Cimistenus equivalent of Zeus/Iuppiter
- Indra Vedic god of rain, weather, storms, and thunder in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Eastern religions
- Jehovah Latinate transliteration of יהוה (YHWH) with the vowel points of Adonai
- Jupiter classical astrological planet
- Maleciabrudes equivalent of Zeus/Iuppiter
- Marduk national god of the Babylonians
- Nennicus equivalent of Zeus/Iuppiter
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- Perun Slavic supreme god of the sky and war
- Shangdi The High God, the supreme or single God of ancient Shenism, some salvationist religions like Yiguandao, and Protestant Christianity in Chinese translation
- Tamitenus Gallic god in Bulgaria equivalent to Jupiter
- Taranis Celtic god of thunder
- Tengri chief deity of Turko-Mongolic religion
- Thor hammer-wielding Norse god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oaks, strength, and fertility
- Tinia Etruscan god
- Uxlemitanus Celtic weather god
- Vajrapani Mahayana bodhisattva
- Yahweh national god of ancient Israel and Judah kingdoms, god of monotheistic Judaism and Abrahamic religions
- Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Attribute 1
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