*Péh₂usōn

*Péh₂usōn
Equivalents
GreekHermes (most aspects),
Pan (some aspects)
HinduPushan
RomanMercury (most aspects),
Faunus (some aspects)

*Péh₂usōn ("Protector") is a proposed Proto-Indo-European pastoral god associated with the protection of roads and herds.

Reconstructed attributes include a bushy beard and keen sight. The deity is also linked to goats or bucks: the Greek god Pan possesses goat-like features, and goats are described as drawing the chariot of the Vedic god Pūshān, to whom the animal was occasionally offered in sacrifice.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.