Thracian · deity · Hellenistic to Roman Odessos (Varna) and Histria, 3rd c. BCE 3rd c. CE · deity
Great god of Odessos. Native theonym Derzelas/Darzalas transmitted in Greek; in cult often only 'Theos Megas'. Classified 'deity'. Counted in the Dacian foreground per the prompt because the deity is described as Thraco-Dacian; primary attestation is the Greek Pontic city of Odessos. Distinct from the Greco-Egyptian Serapis with whom the Great God of Odessos was later assimilated on some coins.
Domains
abundance and fertility
underworld and chthonic
health and vitality
Powers
pours out abundance from the cornucopia
Epithets
Θεὸς Μέγας
Sources
Coinage and inscriptions of Odessos; temple at Histria
Encyclopedic treatments of Derzelas (Thraco-Dacian god of abundance/underworld/health)