Scythian

The Pantheon Registry records 24 figures for Scythian: 9 deities, 3 demigods, 5 scions, 7 mortals. Every entry carries at least one cited source. Attested across historical/legendary; early 6th c. BCE, of the royal Scythian house, historical; mid 5th c. BCE, king of the Scythians, son of Ariapeithes, historical; reigned during Darius I's Scythian campaign, c. 513 BCE, mythic primordium, mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant), mythic primordium; first king of the Scythians and 3 further eras. The domains recorded most often here are kingship, tribal eponymy, sacral kingship, fertility, first ancestry, water, ancestral motherhood, divination and priesthood.

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Deities 9

• Earth-and-Water Mother Api timeless (attested 5th c. BCE)
• Hearth-Queen Tabiti timeless; supreme deity of the historical Scythians (attested 5th c. BCE)
• Heavenly Aphrodite Argimpasa timeless (attested 5th c. BCE; cult continues at the Bosporus into Roman times)
• Horse-Lord of the Waters Thagimasadas timeless (attested 5th c. BCE)
• River-Daughter of the Borysthenes mythic primordium
• Serpent-Legged Ancestress mythic primordium
• Sky-Father Papaios timeless (attested 5th c. BCE)
• Sun-God Goitosyros timeless (attested 5th c. BCE)
• Sword-God of War (Scythian Ares) timeless (attested 5th c. BCE)

Demigods 3

• First Man Targitaos mythic primordium
• Strongman Forefather (Scythian Heracles) mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant)
• Sun-King Kolaxais mythic primordium; first king of the Scythians

Scions 5

• Banished Brother Agathyrsus mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant)
• Banished Brother Gelonus mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant)
• Eldest Heir Lipoxais mythic primordium
• Middle Heir Arpoxais mythic primordium
• Royal Founder Scythes mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant)

Mortals 7

• Bacchic King Skyles historical; mid 5th c. BCE, king of the Scythians, son of Ariapeithes
• King Octamasades historical; mid 5th c. BCE, king of the Scythians, son of Ariapeithes
• King Saulios historical/legendary; early 6th c. BCE, of the royal Scythian house
• Royal Forefather Gnurus historical/legendary; early 6th c. BCE, of the royal Scythian house
• Royal Scythian King Idanthyrsos historical; reigned during Darius I's Scythian campaign, c. 513 BCE
• Scythian King Ariapeithes historical; mid 5th c. BCE, king of the Scythians, son of Ariapeithes
• Wandering Sage Anacharsis historical/legendary; early 6th c. BCE, of the royal Scythian house

Connected traditions

• Greek 16 shared figures
• Sarmatian 4 shared figures