The chief god in different Indo European pantheons

Something I've often wondered about is why the chief god in most IE pantheons is the Skyfather/Thunderer archetype (e.g. Zeus), but in the Norse it's Odin, who was more often compared to Hermes or Mercury. What was different in Germanic cultures that led to his rise in importance over Tyr?

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