Thracian mythology

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Thracian mythology is the body of ancient myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the Thracian people of Southeast Europe, featuring distinctive deities, heroes, and cult practices often linked to nature and ecstatic worship.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thracian religion 2
Thracian mythology canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European mythology
ancient religion
mythology
associatedWith Orpheus
Rhesus of Thrace
ancient Thrace
heroic horseman iconography
centralFigure Sabazios
Thracian Rider
linked to: Thracian Horseman

Zalmoxis
cultCenter Sanctuaries in the Rhodope Mountains
Sanctuaries in the Strandzha Mountains
declinePeriod Late antiquity
documentedBy Greek authors
Roman authors
hasCharacteristic ecstatic worship
hero cults
mystery elements
nature-oriented cults
hasDeity Bendis
Derzelas
Dionysus
Heros Karabazmos
Kotys
Sabazios
Thracian Rider
linked to: Thracian Horseman

Zalmoxis
influenced Greek religion
Orphism
Roman religion
partOf Thracian culture
linked to: Thracians
practicedBy Thracians
region Balkans
Southeast Europe
linked to: Balkans
sharesElementsWith Dacian mythology
Greek mythology
Phrygian mythology
sourceType archaeological evidence
funerary reliefs
inscriptions
supersededBy Christianity in the Balkans
timePeriod Bronze Age
Classical antiquity
Iron Age
worshipIncludes animal sacrifice
ecstatic dances
hero cult rituals
music
wine rituals

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oeagrus partOf Thracian mythology
Sabazios religion Thracian religion
linked to: Thracian mythology
Anatolian paganism influencedBy Thracian religion
linked to: Thracian mythology