Jupiter
Also called Jove, Iuppiter.
Jupiter, or Jove, is the sovereign sky god of Rome — lord of thunder, order, and authority, equated with Zeus, and lending his name to the royal planet.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Roman mythology
- Trait family
- The Rain-Holders
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Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- gods is Gods are worshipped powers governing natural or abstract domains, represented as human, animal, vegetal, or formless; Mesoamerican categories resist simple European equivalence.
why
Jupiter is the sovereign deity of the Roman order: the lord of the sky, wielder of the thunderbolt, and guarantor of oath, law, and state authority, worshipped on the Capitol as the greatest and best of gods.
- Spear bears Spear is a solar world-axis joining heaven and earth, symbolizing masculine fertility, royalty, warlike prowess, magical power, initiation, and Christ's Passion.
why
The iconographic and symbolic register the compendia preserve is remarkably consistent: a seated, venerable figure with staff and spear, standing for organization, decision, expansion, and intellectual will — the energetic and the courageous — with the air for his element, tin for his metal, Thursday for his day, the east for his quarter, and maturity for his age.
- Staff bears Staff signifies guidance, authority, magic, pilgrimage, solar fertility, and the world axis, serving shepherds, rulers, clerics, judges, heralds, and religious teachers.
why
The iconographic and symbolic register the compendia preserve is remarkably consistent: a seated, venerable figure with staff and spear, standing for organization, decision, expansion, and intellectual will — the energetic and the courageous — with the air for his element, tin for his metal, Thursday for his day, the east for his quarter, and maturity for his age.
Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Offensive powers
- Lightning control
why
Jupiter is the sovereign deity of the Roman order: the lord of the sky, wielder of the thunderbolt, and guarantor of oath, law, and state authority, worshipped on the Capitol as the greatest and best of gods.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Father carries both readings
2 citations
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Jupiter."
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.
- Death meets
2 citations
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Jupiter."
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.
- Hero meets
2 citations
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Jupiter."
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.
- Queen meets
2 citations
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Jupiter."
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.