Bendis
Bendis was a Thracian Moon and Hunting goddess who served as a mistress of animals and a power-giver. She was worshipped by the Thracian neighbours of the Scythians. Her characteristics showed similarities to the Scythian deity Artimpasa.
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When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worship introduced into Attica around 430 BC.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kotys, Genetyllis, Ariste, Kalliste, Artemis Aristobule, Astrateia, Apollo Amazonios, Brauronia, Boulaia, Boulephoros, Artimpasa, Cybele, Persephone, Höðr, Nemesis
- syncretized with
- Adrasteia, Artemis (Diana), Basileie
- allied with
- Themis
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“the Moon and Hunting goddess Bendis of the Thracian neighbours of the Scythians, who like Artimpasa was a mistress of animals and a power-giver”
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“"Bendis", William Smith (ed.) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1867. "Bendis (Thracian goddess)", The Editors. Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Jul. 1998.”
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“Some Greeks considered Kotys to be an aspect of Persephone, and her cult shares similarities with that of Bendis.”
#27084 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her name appears in the "Accounts of the Treasurers of the Other Gods", associated with the Thracian goddess Bendis, with whom she seems to have shared a treasury or accounts”
#27513 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In this cult, which reached Athens, Artemis is relative to the Thracian goddess Bendis.”
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