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DACIAN AND THRACIAN GODS
THE DACIANS AND THE THRACIANS ARE THE
ANCESTORS OF OUR PEOPLE, THOSE WHO LIVED IN THESE
LANDS BEFORE BEING CONQUERED BY THE ROMANS. HERE
ARE SOME OF THEIR GODS, PRESENT IN FOLKTALES, POEMS,
STORIES, LEGENDS.
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ZAMOLXESTHE SUPREME GOD, THE GOD OF THE GREAT BEYOND, OF THE XEAD
AND THE LIVING ALIKE. HE RULED THE UNDERWORLD AND ALL LIFE
AFTER DEATH.IT IS SAID THAT HE RETIRED IN A CAVE IN THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF
Kogaionon
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GEBELEIZISTHE GOD OF THUNDER, RAIN AND LIGHTNING. IT IS SAID THAT
WHENEVER IT RAINED, THE THRACIANS WOULD GO OUT AND
FIRE ARROWS INTO THE SKY TO PLEASE THIS GOD.
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebeleizishttp://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebeleizis7/31/2019 Dacian Gods
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BENDISTHE GODDESS OF LOVE, MATERNITY, WOODS AND
ENCHANTMENTS, THE GODDESS OF THE MOON, THE
FORESTS, OF NIGHT
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THE MOTHER GODDESS
THE GOD OF WAR
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistoros7/31/2019 Dacian Gods
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CYBELECONSIDERED THE SUPREME MOTHER OF ALL GODS,
THE GODDESS OF CAVES AND THE EARTH IN ITS NATURAL STATE,
PROTECTOR OF THE VEGETATION, ADORED ON MOUNTAIN TOPS. SHE REIGNED
OVER WILD ANIMALS, BEING ALSO A PROTECTOR OF BEES.
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IS A SYMBOL OF WISDOM, INTELLIGENCE , JUSTICE AND
UNTAMENESS PRESENT THROUGHOUT DACIAN MYTHOLOGY
ZAMOLXES
AND THE
WOLVES