Mythology Jupiter

jupiter, woodcut 1550 edition of guido bonatti s liber astronomiae

the planet jupiter has been known since ancient times. visible naked eye in night sky , can seen in daytime when sun low. babylonians, object represented god marduk. used jupiter s 12-year orbit along ecliptic define constellations of zodiac.

the romans named after jupiter (latin: iuppiter, iūpiter) (also called jove), principal god of roman mythology, name comes proto-indo-european vocative compound *dyēu-pəter (nominative: *dyēus-pətēr, meaning father sky-god , or father day-god ). in turn, jupiter counterpart mythical greek zeus (Ζεύς), referred dias (Δίας), planetary name of retained in modern greek.

the astronomical symbol planet, , stylized representation of god s lightning bolt. original greek deity zeus supplies root zeno-, used form jupiter-related words, such zenographic.

jovian adjectival form of jupiter. older adjectival form jovial, employed astrologers in middle ages, has come mean happy or merry , moods ascribed jupiter s astrological influence.

the chinese, koreans , japanese called wood star (chinese: 木星; pinyin: mùxīng), based on chinese 5 elements. chinese taoism personified fu star. greeks called Φαέθων (phaethon, meaning blazing ). in vedic astrology, hindu astrologers named planet after brihaspati, religious teacher of gods, , called guru , literally means heavy 1 .

in germanic mythology, jupiter equated thor, whence english name thursday roman dies jovis.

in central asian-turkic myths, jupiter called erendiz or erentüz, eren (of uncertain meaning) , yultuz ( star ). there many theories meaning of eren. these peoples calculated period of orbit of jupiter 11 years , 300 days. believed social , natural events connected erentüz s movements on sky.

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