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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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