Kandaon, the Thracian War-Lord
Thracian · deity · Thracian (Crestonian); known from Hellenistic learned poetry (Lycophron, 3rd c. BCE) and its scholia · deity
Thracian war-god (Kandaon/Cotys-adjacent war aspect, per the prompt). Native theonym transmitted only in Greek/Latin learned tradition (Κανδάων / Candaon). Classified 'deity'. The scholia give competing glosses (Ares vs. Orion), reflecting the obscurity of the name; the Ares-of-Thrace reading underlies the broader Greek belief that savage Ares was originally Thracian.
Domains
- war and battle
- the hunt
Powers
- demands sacrifice by the war-sword
Relations
- interpretatio: Ares