Sabazios

Phrygian-Thracian horseman sky-father; the '-zios' element goes back to *Dyeus. Greeks identified him with both Zeus and Dionysus; son of Cybele.

Parentage

• Cybele

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)