Side by side, from the sources
Zeus vs Indra
These two are identified with one another in the record, which is not the same as being the same figure. Zeus pater, Iuppiter and Dyaus Pitar are the same title inherited by three branches of one language family.
Deity · Greek · c. 700 BCE
Zeus
also called Dias, Jove, Ζεύς
Sky-father and enforcer of oaths, whose name descends from the same Indo-European root as Jupiter and Dyaus.
- Alignment
- Disputed
- Rank
- King of the Gods
- First attested
- The Iliad · c. 750 BCE
- Named there as
- Zeus
- Texts naming it
- 3
- Powers attributed
- 4
Deity · Vedic · c. 1400 BCE
Indra
also called Ahihán, Indran, Ahihan, Indiran, Meghavahana, Vritrahan, Sakra, Sakka, Vajrapani, Vasava, इन्द्र
The thunderbolt-wielding king of the gods, who slays the serpent Vritra and releases the pent waters. It is the Indo-European form of the same combat myth as Baal against Yam.
- Alignment
- Celestial
- Rank
- King of the Devas
- First attested
- Rigveda · c. 1500-1200 BCE
- Named there as
- Indra
- Texts naming it
- 4
- Powers attributed
- 3
Where do they actually overlap?
Texts naming both
None. The two never appear in the same text in this corpus, which is worth knowing before accepting any confident claim that they are one figure.
Powers credited to both