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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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.