Zalmoxis, God of the Dacians
Dacian · deity · Dacian kingdom, 1st c. BCE (Burebista's reign), per Strabo; cult continuous from Getic period · deity
Distinct registry entry for the Dacian reception of the same god, as the prompt foregrounds Zalmoxis for the Dacian set; the figure is shared between Thracian/Getic and Dacian traditions but the Dacian record (Strabo on Burebista, Kogaionon, the priest Decaeneus) is its own attestation stream. Same demigod-vs-deity tension applies: in Strabo's euhemerism he is a deified mortal priest, in cult a god; classified 'deity' per cultic reception.
Domains
- immortality and afterlife
- sacred kingship
- asceticism and purity
Powers
- dwells upon the holy mountain Kogaionon
- sanctions and legitimizes Dacian kingship
Epithets
- Zalmoxis
Relations
- equated with: Zalmoxis the Immortal Teacher