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Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri)

Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri), a god of the Greek world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: greek

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as AlcisTacitus, Germania 43, 98 CEThe twin youths worshipped by the Nahanarvali are, "in Roman language", Castor and Pollux.
shares descent with AshvinsProto-Indo-European divine twinsThe horse-riding Vedic Ashvins and the Greek Dioscuri are the inherited sons of the sky god.

Sources

  1. Tacitus, Germania 43 (Perseus)
  2. Proto-Indo-European mythology (Wikipedia)
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