Thracian · deity · Roman period Thrace; attested epigraphically at Pautalia and Serdica, 2nd 3rd c. CE · deity
Thracian thunder/sky god, epigraphically attested under Rome. Native theonym transmitted in Greek and Latin inscriptions (many spelling variants). Classified 'deity'. Linguistically paired with the Getic Gebeleizis as a southern Thracian counterpart of the Indo-European storm-god.
Domains
thunder and lightning
sky and rain
Powers
wields the thunderbolt aloft
sends the rain as lord of the storm-sky
Sources
Roman votive inscriptions/monuments from Pautalia and Serdica
Comparative etymological treatments linking Zibelthiurdos and Gebeleizis to a PIE storm/sky theonym