Horse-Lord of the Waters Thagimasadas

Water/sea-and-horse god worshipped only by the Royal Scythians (Paralatae). The etymology is among the most contested of the seven; the *mazdā- link is suggestive, not secure. Aniconic: no cult image attested.

Domains

• water
• horses

Epithets

• Thagimasadas
• Ποσειδέων

Relations

• interpretatio: Poseidon

Sources

• Herodotos, Histories 4.59 (Godley)
• R. Schmitt et al., Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Scythians'; Y. Ustinova (1999)