Information AboutHeros |
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| dacian gods | |
| thracian gods | |
| european mythology | |
| underworld gods | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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In Thracian Mythology , Heros was a god of the Underworld , usually depicted on funeral statues as a horseman slaying a beast with a spear. He was also known as Pirmeroula or Karabazmos, epithets which have not been deciphered. His cult is attested from Thrace to Moesia and Scythia Minor . He gained a widespread importance especially after the Roman conquest. After Christianity was adopted, the symbolism of Heros continued as representations of Saint George slaying the Dragon . |