God · Scythian

Papaios

Papaios, a god of the Scythian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as ZeusHerodotus, Histories 4.59, c. 430 BCEThe Scythians call Zeus Papaios, "most rightly so called" says Herodotus, as the All-Father.

Sources

  1. Herodotus, Histories, Book IV (tr. A. D. Godley, Wikisource)
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