{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_SABAZIOS", "Sabazios", null, "Thracian", "Thracian sky-thunder god", "Mystery Deity", "sky; thunder; mystery cult; serpent; ecstasy; protection; initiation", "imported;syncretic;serpent", "Greek world", "Archaic-Classical/Roman reception", "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.", 3, 0, 1, "Thracian (and Phrygian) sky-thunder deity received into Greek and Roman mystery religion. Attested in Athens from the 5th c. BCE: Aristophanes mocks the Sabazian cult in Wasps (422 BCE) and Birds (414 BCE); Demosthenes' On the Crown (330 BCE) alludes to Sabazian initiatory rites. Herodotus 5.7 identifies the three Thracian gods as Ares, Dionysus, and Artemis \u2014 scholarship identifies the Dionysian/ecstatic position with Sabazios. In the Roman period he appears as Zeus Sabazios (syncretism with the sky-father) in votive tablets from Rome and Anatolia. The cult's characteristic emblem is the manus Sabaziana \u2014 an open hand showing the serpent, pine cone, and other divine attributes. Archibald (1998) ch. 8; Burkert (1985) pp. 179-181.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_SABAZIOS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7815399999344663, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}