Paleo-Balkan mythology is the group of religious beliefs held by
Paleo-Balkan-speaking peoples in
ancient times
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, including
Illyrian,
Thracian
The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied ...
and
Dacian mythologies.
Horseman
The cult of the
Thracian horseman, especially his depiction as a hunter (either chasing or holding the hunted animal in his hand), was widespread within the Balkano-Danubian area during the
Roman period
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.
Subsets of Paleo-Balkan mythology
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Albanian folk beliefs
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Illyrian religion
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Thracian religion
The Thracian religion refers to the mythology, ritual practices and beliefs of the Thracians, a collection of closely related ancient Indo-European peoples who inhabited eastern and southeastern Europe and northwestern Anatolia throughout antiqui ...
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Dacian religion
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Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities o ...
See also
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Zalmoxianism
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Indo-European mythology
Religion in classical antiquity
Thracian religion
Illyrian mythology
Albanian mythology
Paleo-Balkan mythology
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