entities: ENT_SCYTH_SWORD_ARES

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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
ENT_SCYTH_SWORD_ARES Sword Ares (Akinakes cult)   Scythian God War Deity war; sword cult; akinakes; Ares-equivalent; martial sovereignty; iron       B           Scythian war deity worshipped in the form of an iron sword (akinakes) set atop a platform of fagot-wood; equated by Herodotus with Ares (Histories 4.62). No indigenous Scythian name is recorded; the worship is described in detail: annual festivals, rounding up of prisoners, pouring of wine over their heads, cutting their throats, collecting blood, and pouring it over the sword. The only Scythian deity for whom Herodotus describes a built cult structure. Herodotus 4.62 is the primary textual attestation. Cunliffe (2019) pp. 204-205. deity

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