Sabazios
Phrygian · deity · mythic · deity
Phrygian-Thracian horseman sky-father; the '-zios' element goes back to *Dyeus. Greeks identified him with both Zeus and Dionysus; son of Cybele.
Parentage
Domains
- sky father
Powers
- Ride a galloping horse raising his hand in blessing
Epithets
- Ζεὺς Σαβάζιος
Relations
- interpretatio: Dionysus
- equated with: Sabazios the Sky-Father Horseman
Sources
- Lane, Corpus Cultus Iovis Sabazii (1983-1989)