PREHISTORIC DACIA

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PART 2

XII. The principal prehistoric divinities of Dacia

XII.1. Kerus, Cerus manus, duonus Cerus. Ceriul, Caraiman, Ceriul domnul

XII.2. Gaia, Ge, Tellus, Terra, Pamentul

XII.3. Saturn as Princeps Deorum, Manes, Deus Manus and Tartaros (Tatal)

XII.4. Saturn worshipped in Dacia under the name of Zalmoxis or

Zeul-mos (TN – old man God). His simulacrum at the Iron Gates.

XII.5. Saturn as Zeus Dachie and Dokius Caeli filius.

XII.6. Saturn honored in the archaic cult with the name ‘Omolos

XII.7. Saturn as Zeus aristos megistos euruopa, aigiochos.

His colossal simulacrum on Omul mountain in the Carpathians.

XII.8. The figure of Zeus Dachie (aristos megistos, euruopa) and of

Jupiter of Otricoli.

XII.9. Rhea, ‘Rea, ‘Ree, ‘Reia.

XII.10. Rhea, or the Great Mother, venerated under the name of Dacia, Terra Dacia,

and Dacia Augusta.

XII.11. Rhea or the Great Mother called Dochia and Dochiana, in Romanian legends.

XII.12. Deciana and Caloian. Cybele and Attis. Sibyla Erythrea or Dacica.

XIII. Ieroi Bomoi. The cyclopean altars on Caraiman mountain.

XIV. Kion ouranou. The Sky Column on Atlas mountain, in the country of the

Hyperboreans.

XIV.1. The geographical position of Atlas Mountain according to heroic legends.

XIV.2. Prometheus chained on the Sky Column in Dacia

XIV.3. Prometheus in irons on Caucas mountain in Dacia

XIV.4. Prometheus chained on the rocks of Pharanx (Parang) mountain

XIV.5. The Sky Column from the Carpathians, as sacred emblem of the acropolis of Mycene

XIV.6. The Sky Column from the Carpathians, as symbol of Egyptian trinity

XIV.7. The titan Atlas, ancestor of the Ausoni. The Sky Column from the Carpathians,

as symbol of eternal life in Etruscan religion

XIV.8. The Sky Column from the Carpathians, as symbol of immortality for the

Pelasgians of Sicily

XIV.9. The Sky Column from the Carpathians on funerary monuments of Carthage

XIV.10. The legend of Prometheus in Romanian heroic songs. The first version

XIV.11. The legend of Prometheus in Romanian heroic songs. The second version

XIV.12. Prometheus as Deus pyrphoros, Mithras genitor luminis, Deus Arimanius

XIV.13. Prometheus (Mithra) as theos ex petras, invictus de petra natus, in Romanian carols

XIV.14. The legend of Prometheus in history

XIV.15. The titan Atlas in Romanian heroic songs

XIV.16. The epic cycle about Atlas, Medusa and Perseus in Romanian tradition

XV. Stele Boreios – the Boreal Column near the Lower Istru