Fader Himmel

Swedish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Fader Himmel c (genitive Fader Himmels)

  1. (paganism) Father Sky
    • 1956, Krister Hanell, “Ju’piter”, in Svensk uppslagsbok 15. Johansfors - Kimon‎[1], Förlagshuset Norden AB, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 24 February 2025, page 320:
      Ju’piter [är] eg. vokativ till [...] Die’spiter < 'Dièus pater, "Fader Himmel", motsv. grek. Zeus pate’r [och] sanskr. Dyauspita.
      Jupiter is actually the vocative of Diespiter < Dieus pater, "Father Sky", equivalent to Greek Zeus pater, and Sanskrit Dyauspita.
    • 2015 June 12, Andreas Creutz, “Bokrecension: Ett träd med vida grenar｜Ola Wikander”, in literature connoisseur‎[2], archived from the original on 21 November 2023:
      Ett namn på en gudom, berättar Wikander, verkar kunna rekonstrueras – nämligen *Dyēus ph₂tēr som ska betyda ungefär "Fader Himmel".
      A name for a deity, Wikander says, seems to be able to be reconstructed – namely *Dyēus ph₂tēr, which is roughly supposed to mean "Father Sky".
    • 2016 January 30, Shaeen Svanede, “Drömmar och verklighet, tro och kraft”, in Österlenhäxan‎[3], archived from the original on 6 February 2023:
      Det var en fantastiskt magisk och vacker ceremoni där jag åkallade väderstrecken, modergudinnan och fader Himmel.
      It was a fantastically magical and beautiful ceremony, where I invoked the cardinal directions, the mother goddess, and Father Sky.
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