▁myth . ▁ ▁Origin ▁theories ▁ ▁Max ▁Müller ▁attempted ▁to ▁understand ▁an ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁religious ▁form ▁by ▁trac ing ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁its ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁( or , ▁in ▁Müller ' s ▁time , ▁" A ry an ") ▁" original " ▁manifest ation . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁" the ▁most ▁important ▁discovery ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁made ▁during ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁with ▁respect ▁to ▁the ▁ancient ▁history ▁of ▁man kind ▁... ▁was ▁this ▁sample ▁equation : ▁S ansk rit ▁Dy aus - p itar ▁= ▁Greek ▁Ze us ▁= ▁Latin ▁Jup iter ▁= ▁Old ▁Nor se ▁T yr ". ▁The ▁question ▁of ▁Greek ▁myth ology ' s ▁place ▁in ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁studies ▁has ▁generated ▁much ▁scholar ship ▁since ▁Müller ' s ▁time . ▁For ▁example , ▁phil ologist ▁Georges ▁Dum é zil ▁draw s ▁a ▁comparison ▁between ▁the ▁Greek ▁U ran us ▁and ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁Var una , ▁although ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁hint ▁that ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁originally ▁connected . ▁In ▁other ▁cases , ▁close ▁par alle ls ▁in ▁character ▁and ▁function ▁suggest ▁a ▁common ▁her itage , ▁yet ▁lack ▁of ▁lingu istic ▁evidence ▁makes ▁it ▁difficult ▁to ▁prove , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁Mo ira i ▁and ▁the ▁N orn s ▁of ▁Nor se ▁myth ology . ▁ ▁It ▁appears ▁that ▁the ▁My c ena e an ▁religion ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁religion ▁and