Scythian religion

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ancient religion ethnic religion polytheistic religion

Scythian religion was the ancient polytheistic belief system of the nomadic Scythian peoples of the Eurasian steppe, centered on sky, war, and nature deities and practiced through animal sacrifice and elaborate burial rites.

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Label	Occurrences
Scythian religion canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient religion ⓘ ethnic religion ⓘ polytheistic religion ⓘ
associatedWithPractice	mummification of elites ⓘ scalping of enemies ⓘ use of cannabis in rituals ⓘ
hasAfterlifeBelief	continuation of social status after death ⓘ need for grave goods in afterlife ⓘ
hasBeliefType	polytheism ⓘ
hasCoreAspect	nature worship ⓘ sky worship ⓘ war worship ⓘ
hasCultPlace	kurgan ⓘ open-air sanctuary ⓘ sacred grove ⓘ
hasDeity	Api ⓘ Argimpasa ⓘ Argimpasa ⓘ surface form: Artimpasa Goitosyros ⓘ Papaios ⓘ Tabiti ⓘ Thagimasadas ⓘ
hasEarthDeity	Api ⓘ
hasFertilityDeity	Argimpasa ⓘ Argimpasa ⓘ surface form: Artimpasa
hasFireDeity	Tabiti ⓘ
hasRitual	animal sacrifice ⓘ divination ⓘ elaborate burial rites ⓘ funerary feasts ⓘ horse sacrifice ⓘ libations ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist	seer ⓘ shaman ⓘ
hasSacredAnimal	horse ⓘ stag ⓘ
hasSacredObject	drinking horn ⓘ sword ⓘ
hasSacredSymbol	cauldron ⓘ golden deer motif ⓘ
hasSkyDeity	Papaios ⓘ
hasSource	works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus Histories
hasWarDeity	Goitosyros ⓘ Thagimasadas ⓘ
influencedBy	Iranian mythology ⓘ surface form: Iranian religious traditions
practicedBy	Scythians ⓘ
practicedIn	Eurasian Steppe ⓘ surface form: Eurasian steppe
relatedTo	Sarmatian religion ⓘ ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Scythian religion
Description of subject: Scythian religion was the ancient polytheistic belief system of the nomadic Scythian peoples of the Eurasian steppe, centered on sky, war, and nature deities and practiced through animal sacrifice and elaborate burial rites.

Referenced by (1)

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Ossetian folk religion → influencedBy → Scythian religion ⓘ