Dyeus (also *
Dyeus ph2ter, alternatively spelled
dyews) is believed to have been chief
deity in the religious traditions of the prehistoric
Proto-Indo-European societies. Part of a larger
pantheon, he was the god of the daylight
sky, and his position may have mirrored the position of the
patriarch or
monarch in
society. In his aspect as a father god, his consort would have been
Pltwih2 Méh2ter, "
Earth Mother".