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Paleo-Balkan mythology includes the religious practices of the Dacians, Thracians, and Illyrians. Little is known about the rituals and mythology of the Iron Age Balkans, but some of their gods are depicted in statuary or described in Greek sources.

One notable cult that is attested from Thrace to Moesia and Scythia Minor is that of the "Thracian horseman", also known as the "Thracian Heros", at Odessos (Varna) attested by a Thracian name as Heros Karabazmos, a god of the underworld usually depicted on funeral statues as a horseman slaying a beast with a spear.

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"The Dacian religion might seem difficult to understand to most. The Dacians are famous for their mysteries, the oldest writing in the world, still un-decyphered, Gods and Goddesses that seem to share attributes and substitute names, to the point that you aren't sure anymore which Gods is which. Complete with alters and priests, the Dacian religion worshipped a Jesus-like character called Zalmoxis who ...