Derzalas Cornucopia and Bowl Derzalas, also rendered Darzalas, was a Thracian god attested in Odessos on the western Black Sea coast since the Hellenistic period, where in Roman-period sources he was called by the epithet Theos Megas, the Great God, and served as the patron deity of the city. He was depicted on silver tetradrachms from Odessos dating to the second century BCE as a bearded god with a ribbon in his hair, holding a libation bowl and a cornucopia, and though the cult likely had older roots it is not attested before the fourth century BCE.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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