Scythian Mythology
The Scythian religion is the set of stories of the mythology scythian, ritual practices and beliefs of the Scythians, one of the Iranian peoples who occupied the Pontic and Caspian steppe in classical antiquity. The little we know about religion comes from the work of the historian and ethnographer Greek ve century Herodotus.
It is assumed to be related to the oldest Proto-Indo-Iranian religion, and influenced later mythologies slavs, Hungarian and Turkish, as well as the traditions ossetians thought to be descended from Scythian mythology.
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Scythian Mythology (texts)
Scythian peoples- The Cimmerians
- History of the Scythian peoples
- The Sarmatians
- The Alans
- The Scythians and nomadism
- Ateas king of the Scythians
- The nomadic silversmiths of the steppe (UNESCO letter)
- Scythian culture
- Migration and Huns
- Migration to China
- Scythe and legend of King Arthur
- The Sarmatians and the Roman Empire (fr)
Books on Persian-Caucasian mythology
Comics / Illustrated:
In French :
- The Gathas: The Sublime Book of Zarathustra
- One Thousand and One Nights, Volume 1
- One Thousand and One Nights, Volume 2
- One Thousand and One Nights, Volume 3
- Mani and the Manichaean tradition
- The Gardens of Light
- Iran, a 4000 year history
- The Book of Heroes
- The Book of Dede Korkut in the language of the Oghuz people
- 15 tales from Armenia
- Tales from Armenia: Epic, folk tales and legends
- The Armenian legend of David of Sassoun
Only in English:
