Zis (deity)

Zis (Messapic: 𐌆𐌉𐌔) is a sky and lightning god in Messapian religion. The theonym is the equivalent and cognate of Albanian Zojz and Greek Zeus, all from Proto-Indo-European *Di̯ḗu̯s 'sky god'. Zis appears in several votive inscriptions in the Messapic alphabet from Apulia.

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