Decaeneus, the Deified High Priest of the Dacians
Dacian · demigod · Dacian kingdom under Burebista, 1st c. BCE (fl. c. 70 44 BCE) · demigod
Dacian heroized/deified mortal (prompt's heroized tier; Dacian foreground). Classified 'demigod': a historical man who, per Strabo, came to be 'honored as a god', continuing the Zalmoxis priest-becomes-god pattern. vitalStatus 'deceased' (a historical figure of the 1st c. BCE). No native term is recorded for his name; transmitted as Greek Dekaineos / Latin Dicineus.
Domains
- priesthood and ritual
- prophecy and oracles
- law and order
Powers
- commands obedience as a god among the Getae
- reads the courses of the heavens
- teaches astronomy, the courses of the heavens and divine prognostics to the Getae
- imposes law, sober discipline and obedience, persuading the Getae to uproot their vines
Epithets
- Δεκαίνεος