Strongman Forefather (Scythian Heracles)

Culture-hero / forefather tier (rendered 'demigod'). Distinct entry from Targitaos because Herodotos reports two parallel origin myths; this is the Hellenic doublet. The bow-and-belt test mirrors the burning-gold test of the Scythian version.

Children

• Banished Brother Agathyrsus
• Banished Brother Gelonus
• Royal Founder Scythes

Domains

• first ancestry

Relations

• lover: Serpent-Legged Ancestress
• interpretatio: Heracles

Sources

• Herodotos, Histories 4.8-10 (Godley)
• G. Dumezil (1978); A. Ivantchik, 'The Scythian rule over Asia' and related studies; R. Schmitt et al., Encyclopaedia Iranica