Sabazios

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Phrygian deity Thracian deity deity horseman god sky god

Sabazios is an ancient Thracian-Phrygian sky and horseman god later associated with Zeus and Dionysus in Greco-Roman religion.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sabazios canonical	11
Jupiter Sabazius	1
Paki (Dionysos-type god)	1
Sabazios cult	1
Zeus Sabazios	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2907925 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sabazios
Context triple: [Phrygia, notableDeity, Sabazios]

A. Dionysos
Dionysos is a suburban town in the northeastern part of the Athens metropolitan area in Greece, known for its scenic setting on the slopes of Mount Pentelicus.
B. Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
C. Baal
Baal is a 1918 expressionist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the amoral, self-destructive life of a bohemian poet.
D. Baal
Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
E. Dionysus
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sabazios
Target entity description: Sabazios is an ancient Thracian-Phrygian sky and horseman god later associated with Zeus and Dionysus in Greco-Roman religion.

A. Dionysos
Dionysos is a suburban town in the northeastern part of the Athens metropolitan area in Greece, known for its scenic setting on the slopes of Mount Pentelicus.
B. Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
C. Baal
Baal is a 1918 expressionist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the amoral, self-destructive life of a bohemian poet.
D. Baal
Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
E. Dionysus
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Phrygian deity ⓘ Thracian deity ⓘ deity ⓘ horseman god ⓘ sky god ⓘ
associatedConcept	fertility ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
associatedCult	Dionysian cult ⓘ
associatedWith	Dionysus ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
cultType	mystery cult ⓘ
culture	Phrygian ⓘ Thracian ⓘ linked to: Thracians
depictedAs	god holding a staff ⓘ rider on horseback ⓘ
domain	sky ⓘ thunder ⓘ weather ⓘ
equatedWith	Jupiter Sabazius ⓘ linked to: Sabazios Zeus Sabazios ⓘ linked to: Sabazios
gender	male ⓘ
hasAttribute	chthonic aspects ⓘ itinerant horseman ⓘ protector deity ⓘ
iconographicElement	eagle ⓘ pinecone ⓘ raised right hand ⓘ serpents on hand ⓘ
languageOfName	Phrygian ⓘ Thracian ⓘ
religion	Greco-Roman religion ⓘ linked to: Greco-Roman paganism Phrygian religion ⓘ linked to: Anatolian paganism Thracian religion ⓘ linked to: Thracian mythology
ritualObject	bronze hand of Sabazios ⓘ votive hand with symbols ⓘ
spreadTo	Hellenistic world ⓘ linked to: Hellenistic period Roman Empire ⓘ
symbol	horse ⓘ rider ⓘ serpent ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient period ⓘ
worshipedIn	Greece ⓘ Macedonia ⓘ linked to: Macedonia region Phrygia ⓘ Rome ⓘ Thrace ⓘ
worshipPractice	ecstatic rites ⓘ processions ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Phrygia → notableDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Thracians → worshippedDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Sabazios → equatedWith → Zeus Sabazios ⓘ

linked to: Sabazios

Sabazios → equatedWith → Jupiter Sabazius ⓘ

linked to: Sabazios

Phrygians → majorDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Anatolian paganism → hasDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Thracian Horseman → syncretizedWith → Sabazios ⓘ

Thracian mythology → hasDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Thracian mythology → centralFigure → Sabazios ⓘ

King of Phrygia → worshippedDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Phrygian mythology → hasDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

Phrygian mythology → hasCult → Sabazios cult ⓘ

linked to: Sabazios

Men → linkedTo → Sabazios ⓘ

Lydian pantheon → hasDeity → Paki (Dionysos-type god) ⓘ

linked to: Sabazios

Middle Phrygian period → associatedDeity → Sabazios ⓘ

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (49)

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Referenced by (15)

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