Scythian · demigod · mythic primordium; first king of the Scythians · demigod
First-king tier (rendered 'demigod', grandson of the sky-god through Targitaos). The sacred gold was guarded most jealously by the kings, who offered it great yearly sacrifices and held a festival where its custodian who fell asleep in the open was believed not to outlive the year (Hdt 4.7). Foregrounded with Targitaos as the core of the dynastic charter myth.