Royal Founder Scythes
Scythian · scion · mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant) · Recorded classification
Royal-founder / first-king tier in the Hellenic variant; functional counterpart of Kolaxais. Eponym of the Scythian people.
Parentage
Domains
- sacral kingship
Powers
- alone bent the forefather's bow
Relations
- sibling: Banished Brother AgathyrsusReciprocal of scythian_agathyrsos.sibling — Eldest brother of Scythes, the youngest, who alone strung their father's bow and stayed to rule.Herodotus, Histories 4.8-10 (primary)
- sibling: Banished Brother GelonusReciprocal of scythian_gelonos.sibling — Middle brother of Scythes in the Heraclean variant of the origin myth.Herodotus, Histories 4.8-10 (primary)
Sources
- Scythes, youngest son of Heracles and the viper-maiden, is the only one able to bend his father's bow and wear the belt; he becomes king and eponymous ancestor of the Scythians.: Herodotos, Histories 4.10 (Godley) (primary)