Paleo-Balkan mythology is the group of religious beliefs held by Paleo-Balkan-speaking peoples in ancient times, including Illyrian, Thracian and Dacian mythologies.[1]

Horseman

The cult of the Thracian horseman, especially his depiction as a hunter (either chasing or holding the hunted animal in his hand), was widespread within the Balkano-Danubian area during the Roman period.[2][3]

Subsets of Paleo-Balkan mythology

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Citations

  1. ^ Leeming 2005, pp. xvii, 44–45.
  2. ^ Hampartumian 1979, p. 13.
  3. ^ Wilkes 1992, p. 247.

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