Thracian religion Thracian religion Thracian religion includes the religious practices of the Thracians. Little is known about their mythology and rituals, but some of their gods are depicted in statuary or described in Greek sources. One notable cult, attested from Thrace to Moesia and Scythia Minor, is that of the "Thracian horseman", also known as the "Thracian Heros", at Odessos (Varna) attested by a Thracian name as "Heros Karabazmos", a god of the underworld usually depicted on funeral statues as a horseman slaying a beast with a spear. Known Thracian deities include: Several Thracian deities show close analogy to the Greek cult
Thracian Sea Xanthi and the Rhodope regional units. Islands includes Thasos and Samothrace in Greece and Gökçeada (Imvros in Greek) and Bozcaada (Tenedos in Greek) in Turkey. The bays and gulfs includes the Ierissian Gulf to the southwest, the Strymonian Gulf where the Strymon River empties, the Kavala Gulf and the Saros Gulf in Turkey. Rivers emptying into this portion of the gulf include the Nestos and the Evros/Meriç. The famous thermal springs are Loutra Eleftheron in Kavala. Thracian Sea The Thracian Sea (, "Thrakiko Pelagos"; ) is a sea that is part of the Aegean Sea and forms the northernmost point