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Scythian religion was largely aniconic, [73] and the Scythians did not make statues of their deities for worship, with the one notable exception being the war-god, the Scythian "Ares," who was worshipped in the form of a sword. Nevertheless, the Scythians did make smaller scale images of certain of their deities for use as decorations, although ...
The Scythian genealogical myth was an epic cycle of the Scythian religion detailing the origin of the Scythians.This myth held an important position in the worldview of Scythian society, and was popular among both the Scythians of the northern Pontic region and the Greeks who had colonised the northern shores of the Pontus Euxinus.
The common population of the Scythians during this period still maintained the Late Srubnaya culture, and they started adopting the Scythian culture and animal style art only by the late 5th century BC; during the 6th and 5th centuries BC, in the Early Scythian period itself, common members of the Royal Scythian tribe were buried around the ...
The early Scythian culture thus completed its formation under the partial influence of the native Ciscaucasian cultures, and, to a smaller degree, of the civilisation of West Asia, [17] resulting in Scythian art from Ciscaucasia displaying influences from the Koban culture. [112] The Scythians would especially use helmets of Ciscaucasian origin ...
The Sigynnae themselves originated as a section of the first wave [9] [5] [10] [11] of the nomadic populations who originated in the parts of Central Asia corresponding to eastern Kazakhstan or the Altai-Sayan region, [12] and who had, beginning in the 10th century BC and lasting until the 9th to 8th centuries BC, [13] migrated westwards into the Pontic-Caspian Steppe regions, where they ...
[7] [8] The Saka were closely related to the Scythians, and both groups formed part of the wider Scythian cultures. [9] However, they are distinguished from the Scythians by their specific geographical and cultural traits. [8] [10] The Saka languages formed part of the Scythian phylum, a branch of the Eastern Iranian languages.
A related culture from the region of future Wallachia on the lower Danube was the Ferigile culture, to which belonged Scythian-type weapons, horse harnesses and pottery. [66] The Agathyrsi themselves corresponded to the archaeological culture which had created the fortified settlements of the Stincesti-Cotnari type in the 6th century BC. [25]
Before the arrival of the Scythians, this region of the Pontic Steppe was dominated by the Agathyrsi, who were nomadic Iranian people related to the Scythians. The Scythian migration pushed the Agathyrsi westwards, away from the steppes and from their original home around Lake Maeotis , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and into the Carpathian region.