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Encyclopedia > Dacian mythology

Gods

  • Zalmoxis (Salmoxis, Zalmoxe, Zamolxis) - prophet, god - subterranean
  • Gebeleizis - ultimate god - heavenly
  • Bendis - the goddess of moon, forests and magic
  • Derzelas
  • Kotys - mother goddess
  • Heros - (Herous, Horus) the horseman god
  • Vesta (Hestia) - god of flames and fireplace

Detail of the main fresco of the Aleksandrovo kurgan. ... Gebeleizis (or Nebeleizis) was the god of lightning and the horizon for the Dacians. ... Bendis was a Thracian goddess of the moon whom the Greeks identified with Artemis, and hence with the other two aspects of the former Minoan Triple Goddess, Hecate and Persephone. ... Getae-Dacian god of health and human spirits vitality, also known under the names of Great God Gebeleizis, Derzis or the Thracian Knight. ... Kotys was a Thracian goddess, worshipped with much revelry by both Thracians and Edonians. ... In Romanian mythology, Heros was a god of the underworld. ... Vesta was the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman mythology, analogous to Hestia in Greek mythology. ...

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Dacian - Information at Halfvalue.com (2016 words)
Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.
Dacians spoke an Indo-European language, but its characteristics are still disputed, due to insufficient archaeological evidence.
the glorification of the bird and the snake by Dacians and ancestors of Dacians
Dacia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1701 words)
Based on archaeological findings, the origins of the Dacian culture are believed to be in Moldavia, being identified as an evolution of the Iron Age Basarabi culture.
The result of his first campaign (101-102) was the siege of the Dacian capital Sarmizegethusa and the occupation of a part of the country.
the glorification of the bird and the snake by Dacians and ancestors of Dacians
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