Scythian God, Thagimasidas, 7th-4th C. BCE(?)
"Thagimasadas (Hellenised as Θαγιμασαδας Thagimasadas; Latinised as Thagimasadas) or Thamimasidas (Hellenised as Θαμιμασαδας Thamimasadas; Latinised as Thamimasadas) was a God worshipped only by the tribe of the Royal Scythians. Thagimasadas was thus not a member of the pan-Scythian heptatheistic pantheon and was likely the tribal- and ancestor- deity of the Royal Scythians.
The name of this deity is uncertain, and element -μασαδας of the God's name might be derived from the Iranian term mazatā, meaning "great"; the element Θαγι- might have been a cognate of the Avestan word ϑβāṣ̌a (meaning "firmament"), and the Vedic Sanskrit term tvakṣ- (त्वक्ष्) or takṣ- (तक्ष्), meaning "to create by putting into motion."
Hērodotos of Halikarnāssos identified Thagimasadas with the Greek God Poseidōn because both Thagimasadas and Poseidōn (in his form as Poseidōn Hippios Ποσειδων Ιππιος, lit. 'the equine Poseidōn') were horse-tamer deities, but also because, among the Athenians who were his audience, Poseidōn was identified with Erikhthonios, whom the Athenians considered their mythical ancestor, similarly to how Thagimasadas was believed to be the ancestor of the Royal Scythians.
The equation of Thagimasadas with Poseidōn might also be due to his possible role as a fashioner of the sky and hence was connected to sky-waters and thunderbolts just like the Greek Poseidōn was.
The Scythian images of a winged horse inspired from that of the Greek Pēgasos might have been connected to Thagimasadas."
-taken from wikipedia
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| Scythian God, Thagimasidas, 7th-4th C. BCE(?) |
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| Modern rendering by unknown artist. |
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