Scythian religion appears to be an amalgam of belief in a pantheon of gods grafted to more ancient animal reverence and shamanistic practice. According to their burial finds, the Scythians appear to have had a deep affinity with the animals with which they were familiar. Perhaps residual of the primal mother-earth concept, the overwhelming number of god-images found are of a goddess.
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c. 600 BCE - c. 300 BCEThe Scythians prosper north of the Black Sea.
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350 BCEThe Scythians have absorbed a lot of Greek culture; Scythian artefacts show Greek-style depictions.
