Goetosyrus (Scythian Apollo) by unknown artist
"The Scythian God Gaiϑāsūra (Hellenised as Γοιτοσυρος Goitosuros; Latinised as Goetosyrus), might have been a solar deity, due to which Hērodotos of Halikarnāssos equated him with the Greek God Apollōn.
The Scythian name Gaiϑāsūra is comparable to Avestan Gaoiiaoⁱtiš.sūrō and Vedic Sanskrit Gavyutiśūra (गव्युतिशूर), with the Avestan form being an epithet of Miϑra as the "Lord of Cattle-Land," that is a deity of cattle culture widely worshipped by the common people in Scythian society. The first term composing this name, gaiϑā, meaning "herd" and "possessions," is a cognate of Avestan gaoiiaoⁱtiš, meaning "cow pasture," and reflects the nature of "Apollōn Goitosyros" as a Hellenization of the Iranian deity Miϑra Voᵘru.gaoiiaoⁱtiš; the second element sūra, meaning "strong" and "mighty," is the same as the Avestan element sūra "mighty" from the name of the Goddess Arəduuī Sūrā Anāhitā, and is connected to the Scythians' association of Gaiϑāsūra with the Goddess Artimpasa, who had absorbed many of the traits of Arəduuī Sūrā Anāhitā.
Due to the connections of Gaiϑāsūra's and his identification with the Greek God Apollōn, he has been identified with Miϑra, although this identification is largely tentative, with the multiple functions of Apollōn contributing to this uncertainty.
Depictions of a solar God with a radiate head and riding a carriage pulled by two or four horses on numerous pieces of art found in Scythian burials from the 3rd century BC and later might have been representations of Gaiϑāsūra."
-taken from wikipedia
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| Goetosyrus (Scythian Apollo) by unknown artist. |
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