SCYTHIAN GODS: The Religion of the Steppe Horse Lords // DOCUMENTARY

Historical full length documentary on genetic origins of the nomadic steppe conquerors the SCYTHIANS - Learn about the ancient Scythian gods of Eurasia, and how the first nomadic horselords of the Ponto-Caspian Steppe practiced shamanism and offered animal sacrifices to their god of war!
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Sources:
-Albuquerque, C., ‘On the Scythian Pantheon’ 2018, Medium.
-Bokovenko, Nikolay. (2015). The Emergence of the Tagar Culture. Antiquity. 80. 860-879. 10.1017/S0003598X00094473.
-Cunliffe, B., ‘The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe’ Oxford:2019.
-Gershkovich, Y., Romashko, O., ‘Scythian sanctuaries of Ares: archaeological date and Herodotus' testimonies’ (in English) | - Academia.edu.
-Herodotus. The Persian Wars, Volume II: Books 3-4. Translated by A. D. Godley. Loeb Classical Library 118. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.
-Juras, A., Krzewińska, M., Nikitin, A. et al. Diverse origin of mitochondrial lineages in Iron Age Black Sea Scythians. Sci Rep 7, 43950 (2017).
-Kuz’Mina, E.E., & Mallory, J.P. (2007). "Chapter Three. Classification of sites and the primary features of Andronovo unity". In The Origin of the Indo-Iranians. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi:
-Sharkey, B. Predators and Prey: Cosmological Perspectivism in Scythian Animal Style Art. Arts 2022, 11, 120.
-Stetsyuk, V., ‘Scythian Mythology’ (for alleged Chuvash etymology only)
- iranicaonline.org/articles/sc...
- musaeumscythia.blogspot.com
Music:
theme song: Wolcensmen - Sunne
Altyn Tuu - Altai throat singing
Xurious - Steppe expansion
Kevin McLeod - Dhaka
Kevin MacLeod -Vadodara
Kevin MacLeod - Eastminster
Styrkr - Old Father
Styrkr - The Piercing Wind
Torulf - Rite of the Heart
Bark sound productions - ELD
Hildigaldra - Viking loop
Hildigaldra - We March For Tarmon
Joninių sutartinė - Kūkal rože ratilio
Khan Kurra - Little dragon
JR Tundra - Shesh Pesh
Sjhof - path to the temple
Ormgård - Sjálfsforn
Borg - The May queen enters the circle
Stark von Oben - Praetorian Germanicus
Doug Maxwell - Arabian Nightfall
Doug Maxwell -Hon Kyoku
Doug Maxwell - Lau Tzu Ehru
Chris Zabriskie - The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist III
Elegiac - Ashwind Interlude
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:44 Origin of the Skythians
00:05:26 Phenotype and admixture
00:07:43 Religious syncretism
00:09:15 LEGIO GLORIA
00:10:42 Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
00:13:37 Sources for Scythian religion
00:16:21 Tapati/ Tabiti the fire goddess
00:23:32 Papaios the sky father
00:26:24 Api the earth mother
00:27:17 Artimpasa
00:35:21 Snake legged goddess
00:37:08 Skythian Ares
00:40:57 Skythian Hercules - Targitaos
00:44:13 Skythian Apollo - Goitosyros
00:45:25 Barrows, sacrifices and rituals
01:01:03 Shamanism
01:14:51 Conclusion

[@Survivethejive]

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[@LearnRunes]

Thanks for the link! Been looking for some classic clothes.

[@civilengineer3349]

Dang, I was wondering what happened to "the Golden One"

[@persevyr2803]

Thank you for thinking outside the box and contributing to my sanity.

[@xerxen100]

You should not speak about their language, or their ancestors language, because its still not certain. But, all of the nation who call themselves the descendants of the Schythians are speaking Turkic or Uralic, or some other weird languages, but very few of them are Indoeuropen.

[@buddyrojek9417]

So Hitler had the right to claim ownershi of the Swastika? And since he was kind to Ukrainians , was polite and civil to them (according to my grandmother) , Ukraine can too?

[@jimping7064]

That lady in the thumbnail looking Scythiccian

[@Terror_Official]

True 30:08

[@magzaroni]

Thiccian

[@gequitz]

Padding makes it easier to ride horses AKA Thicc thighs save lives

[@dagon99]

Heyho

[@jansimon633]

That lady looks Animescytian😊.

[@VitorEmanuelOliver]

Scythian girl posts a picture in Instagram: "you guys like my new bow?"

[@MyName-tb9oz]

OMGROFLMAO! This is the perfect comment for that thumbnail!

[@serbianpan1622]

Hey. I'm an Ossetian from the Republic of South Ossetia and glad to see videos like this. We consider scythians as our ancestors (at least by language). So your videos are awesome. Thank you.

[@k.hogan-emmons3290]

What?

[@mamad7375]

Is it True ? Because now days central Asian countries consider themselves to be Scythians.

[@Yanate1991]

@@Morworld only language changed, most central asians are iranian in descent, only kazakhs are very mixed

[@fanzy1338]

@@MorworldErr..Iranians are Iranic peoples and Indians are most definitely not Iranic.

[@Yanate1991]

@@Morworld lmfao indians are not iranic, iranians are iranic, you don't know what the words mean. And the scythians spoke eastern iranic. Please don't waste my time.

[@antidweller6373]

Outstanding. Especially considering this is a One-Man-Channel. Production value and Information are so stunning.

[@Survivethejive]

Wow, thank you! However i must thank all the artists who let me use their work

[@fizzlecracks3669]

It's a big reason why I give him money on SubscribeStar!

[@rickdeckard1075]

@@Survivethejive whats with all the crazy colours and patterns those artists clad their scythians in? they look like theyre straight out of a DMT jester-space...?

[@samuelleandro2275]

@@rickdeckard1075 Because that's what the surviving clothing, art and saddles show to us: that they wore vibrant colors whenever they could.

[@MentatGhola]

"So now you know a bit more about the Skythians..." A bit?! This is the absolute most in-depth video I've ever seen about them. My knowledge about them increased 100 fold.

[@Midgard458]

And finally, we find someone who actually pronounces the name properly.

[@Midgard458]

These people are the main antagonists in my Visigothic book series that I have written

[@porphyriontimotheoios1107]

That is a shame. I would suggest looking at Jason Reza Jorjani’s work. He goes into a lot more depth. The Nart sagas are also not hardly influenced by Zoroastrianism at all, and you should try to find whatever you can by John Colarusso on the topic. This video is absolute shit…

[@lopo5978]

Finally you made a Scythian video. I've been obsessed with them ever since I first found out about them.

[@sillysad3198]

i would attribute a large part of the Mystery of them to the very broadness of the term Scythian.

[@kathrinat9824]

Where are you from?

[@ambernerd5228]

@@kathrinat9824 Saudi Arabia

[@kathrinat9824]

There's lots of russian language sources on them

[@ambernerd5228]

@@kathrinat9824 Slava

[@davidt1621]

(1:03:52) As a Texan and a huntsman I must correct this: The difference between Elk and Moose is one our European ancestor settlers brought from their own European culture in which "Elk" was the word used to refer to the European Red Deer, distinct from the smaller subspecies of European Roe Deer. Likewise, in America we have smaller deer like whitetail deer, mule deer, and pronghorn antelope which are distinct from the much larger Elk deer. The North American Moose which lives farther north than many Elk herds has a distinct phenotypical shape just like the Asian Moose including uniquely webbed antlers, unique extended snout/muzzle, and an oddly shaped larger body. We Americans call a moose, a moose, and it is very much what the rest of the world thinks of when they refer to a moose. Like the Asian Moose, it's the largest of the deer family and generally doesn't travel below a certain latitude. We call an Elk an Elk, because Elk are a smaller subspecies typically found farther south in the Pacific Basin and Rocky Mountains, while Moose are usually at higher latitudes beginning at the latitude of the Adirondacks, Dakotas, Yellowstone, and Washington (State) near the border with Canada. Elk are also known as "Wapiti" among the Natives. I believe it's the Comanche and Shoshone word for the North American Elk, but it may be a word other tribes use as well. Also of note, Moose tend to be solitary in their nomadic movements, while elk and other deer tend to roam in herds, leading to people in Canada and Alaska sometimes happening to come upon a lone Moose in the woods. Such an encounter can be dangerous, even in a vehicle as they'll charge sometimes. Elk will always run away from humans like other deer.

[@alanrobison4761]

I am currently 28 minutes into the program and I am completely mesmerized. The background music adds an otherworldly quality to it. This is high-quality content that not even National Geographic could produce.

[@Survivethejive]

I appreciate this glowing review!

[@daniellewis3750]

You want to check out his video where the king has intimate relations with a horse to prove his command over wild animals.

[@mtnvortex]

@@daniellewis3750 "...not that there's anything wrong with that. What they do in their own bedrooms..." 😆

[@mtnvortex]

@@daniellewis3750 On another note, I do believe there was some circumstance when they would traditionally consume one another's love mustard also(upon welcoming, iirc). Different times, I suppose.

[@user-yc8sg4mi4v]

@@Survivethejive Could you share the playlist, pelase? I'm working on a fantasy project based on Yamna and Sintshta cultures and it's super inspiring

[@PranavGogwekar]

In India, Tapa means meditation, which also means turning hot due to the energy gained through meditation. In Marathi Taap also means getting hot.

[@Apollolyceos]

Very well spotted.

[@lambert801]

In Persian Tab means fever.

[@PranavGogwekar]

@@lambert801 Yup. Taap is also used in marathi for fever.

[@Doctor_Manhattan777]

thats so interesting, it immediately brings to mind, Tummo Meditation/ Buddhist Breath of Fire ...not sure if connected though but perhaps

[@Vajrapani108]

Taapmaan means temperature too

[@milanmadhani323]

Tapati - Deity of Fire. Makes sense. In hindi, we say, if someone is feeling warm (fever), we say “voh tap raha(rahi) hai” as in he or she is gaining fever. Or, if youre just feeling hot, “mein tap raha hoon.” In gujarati, “Taap pushkar chhe” as in, it’s excessively hot here! Thanks!

[@Iisheell]

Glad to see that you used a video by Ivan Semyan, showing the horse chariot! He was one of the professors at my university, and I also studied with an archaeologist who discovered Arkaim! Greetings from Urals!

[@Survivethejive]

He has done excellent work!

[@Iisheell]

@@Survivethejive if I'll ever cross paths with him again, I will tell him about your work!

[@alexandergrimsmo]

@@Iisheell Please do! I'm sure he will value these videos!

[@user-tf8op2xc8p]

Приветствую бро! Где можно посмотреть работы Ивана Семьяна?

[@Cannibaltron]

This is some of the most compelling and well put together ancient history content on KZbin! I love the haplogroup info and renderings. Beautiful work!

[@zekun4741]

A lot of people will be angered by claims that white people lived as far as Mongolia, India and Iran, and call it historical revisionism, but have no problem admitting that the Asiatic Huns lived as far as Western Europe and Scandinavia. If one is true, why can't both be true?

[@Terror_Official]

Same with migrating Asiatic Bolghars in Thrāikes Bulgaria, and after them the Uralic Asiatic Mogyër moving to modern Hungaria.

[@Raven_Moon777]

They can be angered as much as they want, we shall not care about their feelings.

[@Lee-sd8uo]

@@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 the Aryans were/are WHITE. not the dark inhabitants of India today. the caste system originated with us Europeans. the Hindu caste system is a corruption of an older Aryan/white iteration. The older pagan societal systems of Aryan civilizations are not just more meritocratic and fluid in nature, but also place a lot more importance on the soul or spiritual advancement of an individual in terms of which "caste" they should be a part of. And a lot of the White Hindu Aryans of South Asia, all racially miscegenated with the Brown Australoid Dravidians from the South.

[@Astavyastataa]

Indians don’t have a problem with the idea that white coloured peoples lived that Far East. The issue is the idea that our ancestors were whites or that the Aryans invaded india to establish Vedic culture.

[@Astavyastataa]

@@Lee-sd8uothis is just racist liberalism.

[@mikkopenttila7604]

I've been fascinated with the Scythians for years and this is the best video on the subject I've seen.

[@mehryaarvid]

Extremely accurate, as far as I can tell, And very informative. thanks and keep up the good work! As an Iranian and fan of history I can also allude to the ancient and famous book of “shah name”, which is Iranian National epic, and it’s main hero is a schytian warrior called Rostam. You can infer a lot about their habits and lifestyle there.

[@Survivethejive]

I mentioned shahnameh in my video on the world tree. I didn’t know it was about a scythian

[@ArcanumArcanorum17]

@@Survivethejive Indeed, Rostam was a saka from sakastana (today's Sistan, south eastern Iran). And the later parts of the shahnameh essentially explore the dialectic between zoroastrianism and more pagan nomadic beliefs

[@KevinArdala01]

Once again you've managed to be detailed and comprehensive without being confusing. Great work! 👍

[@ryansmith8345]

This is an absolute gem among all the videos about the ancient world in KZbin ! Getting into details and mentioning all possible connections of every single information... IT'S JUST 💎

[@Survivethejive]

So nice of you

[@DeFactoLeader]

Been waiting for this for quite a while, so glad you got it out m8. The various Fatyanovo descended nomads are almost like a lost tribe; strong influences that have been long forgotten to history, a bit like the Hittites. If there's anybody that has the power to bring them a little deserved attention, it's you, Tom.

[@tzazosghost8256]

Much appreciated and actually revealed more than I've read on this subject. High quality all round!

[@pierremauboussin3527]

Extraordinary high-quality video that combines genetic, linguistic, historical and mythological sources in an informative way Your citation of sources and use of original languages makes the video an incredible tool for anyone wishing to pursue further research.

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

This was a good one. Dense, needs a rewatch for sure, but damn it was informative (and very entertaining). Thanks Thomas!

[@mctunafish2899]

I've always had a particular fascination with the Scythians, and all the sub groups that are often lumped together. I've read and watched quite a bit about them yet I can tell this is probably the best video description of them I've seen so far. Only 6min in and I'm already thrilled that you've covered and explained the nuances that I see a lot of others get confused or caught up on when talking about the Scythians. Great work

[@Survivethejive]

Appreciate this positive feedback

[@denalinefertari942]

Just discovered this channel. Love it. You are thorough and shed light on these obscure, yet significant topics. Cannot wait to binge the rest of your videos. Thank you!

[@guts9964]

Amazing production on this documentary! Thank you for all your hard work on this!

[@Terror_Official]

I greatly appreciate you pronouncing the romanized C sound as Greek Kappa, rather than the c-sedilla (ç) one English inherited from the French; as well as using the older form of upsilon that was corrupted into an i sound, even in modern Greek.

[@Survivethejive]

Thanks. Others think I am weird for doing this but I must live a certain way

[@patrickbateman3146]

​​@@Survivethejive unfortunately in modern Greek the pronunciation of iota has replaced many other vowels like epsilon and upsilon, as well as digraphs. These are all pronounced like "i" iota: ι, η, υ, ει, οι, υι

[@patrickbateman3146]

Polymathy, and on his other channel, has talked about this a lot.

[@user-hu6pk3zs3i]

When υ was pronounced as /y/, θ was pronounced as an aspirated /t/, not a th sound. It's unreasonable to expect English speakers to pronounce a letter with a sound that is absent in their natural phonology, and then turn around and use modern English phonology for other letters. Either pronounce it as the Ancient Greeks did, or use the most appropriate English sounds.

[@Abe-my9wb]

I also appreciate this!

[@Doctor_Manhattan777]

This is one of your most important videos … it links everything… immediate re-watch, thank you 🙏

[@adrianvsm28]

One of my favorite documentaries done by you. Love the visuals too and the quality

[@billistefansson5309]

Thank you sir, absolutely outstanding! I have been reading about the Scythians and how their art styles have influenced the old Nordic culture. It`s all so incredibly interlocked, not just Indic but even Mesopotamia and Egypt. Shall most certainly look into your work. Well done!

[@Kosovar_Chicken]

You are my favorite archaeology channel! I have been watching you since I was a stoner in jr. college. Now I am in the 1st year of my masters in archaeology. Thank you for your work! Keep up the good fight Aryama!

[@Survivethejive]

Best of luck!

[@Kosovar_Chicken]

@@Survivethejive thank you sir

[@emZee1994]

I always love your long documentary type videos. Thanks Tom EDIT: 24:00 didn't expect to see that! 😂

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

WHOA! someone called me so i wasnt listening, but then that image showed up and i told them i had to go to find out WHY HOMEBOY DOIN THIS TO HIMSELF

[@emZee1994]

@@gilgoofthegrove5072 😂😂

[@Survivethejive]

​@@gilgoofthegrove5072 he later regretted it

[@SIMUL4CR4]

This video is truly FANTASTIC, thank you for your care and effort.

[@thegreenmage6956]

Thank you very much Tom, I’ve taken a little time to get through this. I particularly appreciate the information about the balbal statues, that has been helpful in my own work.

[@East.Europe.Redneck]

Really appreciate this documentary, I'm Eastern European ancestry, my bloodline was closely connected to horses and traveled East back in past, while watching this i feel closely connected to Scythian culture.

[@Bjornlovesjazz]

STJ with another BANGER!! Good job i'm so happy i am a patreon!!!

[@grayfiresoul]

Once again, documentarian excellence. Where anthropology and the esoteric meet, I'll always be there. As always, you have my continued support.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Super wellbrought, glad we got to share in it because of you. Thanx a bunch big G.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Thank you Tom for this wonderful video. Well researched and magnificently made. I've been waiting for you to cover the Scythians and other Iranic steppe nomads and was not disappointed. I had been fascinated by this culture since reading the Conan the Barbarian comics when I was a kid, which had many Scythian motifs and influences.

[@Survivethejive]

Conan was a Cimmerian

[@espoire1757]

@@Survivethejive Cimmerian is an Iranian peoples

[@iceboundmartel]

One of my favourite sights is the flax in bloom. Your documentaries are truly wonderful and give so much food for thought, thank you for condensing and conveying such valuable information. I feel like watching it again immediately. And thank you for calling that animal "elk"

[@pdytko]

Amazing info, lots of facts i never knew before about Scythians. Thank you

[@wisedragon173]

Excellent Scythian documentary, enthralling from start to finish. Detailed without being dull or lengthy. Puts the History Channel and the BBC to shame.

[@marshalmcdonald7476]

Fantastic video. Great effort, thanks.

[@patrickbateman3146]

Based Golden One Marcus sponsoring your channel.

[@travisbaldridge23]

Last week I was just searching KZbin for SurviveTheJive videos on Scythians. Thanks for reading my mind and making this awesome video. Much love STJ, and Stay #VeryIndoEuropean

[@user-mq3hd8ov1d]

What an incredible video! one of the few channels about Indo-Europeans that does a good job ❤

[@Everesteg]

The best documentary on the subject there is. Compliments. I hope you will continue the topic and then make a series on Indo-Iranian peoples.

[@ap-plateau5316]

Excellent as always. Despite having read and watched a fair bit about the scythians, having this summary style video benefited me.

[@jackholloway1]

I always rewatch your videos because I pick things up the second time round that I didn't notice the first, especially on subjects that I'm completely unfamiliar with, like Scythians. Thanks again for all of these high calibre documentaries

[@budrothefox3666]

The thumbnail art definitely worked for getting my attention.....lol

[@DanDavisHistory]

This was absolutely fascinating, thank you.

[@Survivethejive]

Cheers Dan!

[@josephlongbone4255]

Oh hey, nice to see you here.

[@sliderstruth]

Dan Davis and Survive the Jive are treasures. Please never stop. Much love

[@IPwnutodayful]

Your videos are breathtaking as always. Keep it up.

[@Tommy-zk4sz]

Great video mate, learn something every day and genuinely learnt some new things watching this

[@rhmxos]

Can you please do some research and hopefully a video on the Dacian culture, which to my knowledge they are a Celtic, Sarmatian, Scythian, Thracian culture. The territory they inhabited has been continuously inhabited from ~6000 BC, which makes them a very interesting topic, in my opinion. Great content, Best of luck!

[@Shuddho1980]

‘Taap’ (soft T like Tapati) still means warmth in many indic languages descended from Sanskrit

[@krystofcisar469]

The connection steppe people used to have is incredible. And your documentaries are top, thx

[@haroldbarr8511]

Great video! Thanks for the content!

[@catalystdrive]

Excellent work, enthralling, and truly a pleasure to listen to and watch. If one day we should ever have a Hollywood of our own what great heroics might one day be produced in the tales of our Gods and Ancestors!

[@user-tz1ku6qg9p]

Greetings from the Ural region and an area close to the Sintashta Culture! Thank you very much for your work.

[@ChoweyChestnutfilmz]

This is one of your best videos. Awesome job

[@ironhelmet7879]

Thank you for all your hard work STJ!

[@jhombyrkotaksorgankazakh]

I like their clothes... I think we should revive it in Central Asia.

[@Survivethejive]

Me too

[@jhombyrkotaksorgankazakh]

@@Survivethejive I did see many European medieval clothes which are reminding me about Scythian culture. So basically Scythians descent from European populations which migrated again to Asia and mixed with Native BMAC and Yaz cultures to create Indo Iranian group is it right?

[@seraphx26]

Thank you for your continued contribution to the pagan/heathen/polytheist community, we appreciate it Tom, we need more men and women adding to this growing body of work/revival.

[@royriley6282]

Outstanding attention to detail here. Nuance levels off the charts. Up there with youtubers like Fortress of Lugh. Easily earned my sub.

[@kirstenwelcome4520]

This is the one I’ve been waiting for!!! I’m gonna have a good time at the gym today lol

[@jackd3808]

STJ is one of the best youtube channels of any category.

[@Iancreed8592]

The last time I've seen an ad that actually appealed to me was probably toy commercials as a kid. I love linen.

[@aliposhtpazan2625]

Many thanks and don't know how to thank you. Very very much interesting and the way you explain the details

[@gamergod7434]

This channel deserves so much more views man

[@VVyzard]

Another amazing video thank you! I've had a theory that the Saxons descend which descended from the Sicambri had themselves (at least partly) descended from Scythians (Saka) and Shakyas. If not then they all clearly share some of the same very indo European cultural aspects.

[@chriselliott4621]

Finally some good SCYTHIAN content, thank you brother of the North. You really outdid yourself on this one, loads of information here. What a treasure.. Keep on kicking ass StJ.

[@xuefalan]

Fascinating documentary, as usual!

[@JackbenImbel2274]

Great documentary, even more so because of the little bits of humor added to the mix. The one at 1:10:47 really had me going. Great stuff.

[@roukorjerte1]

oof I love the changes in the video editing there!

[@Survivethejive]

Glad you like it!

[@anonimus9560]

Thank you! Great video. Surprisingly a lot of proto-iranic words I see in finnish language. For example, "taivas" (similar to proto-iranic *daywás) means "sky" in finnish.

[@Survivethejive]

Yes. Finnish and other Uralic languages have iranic loan words, likely from Scythians

[@HeavensPeace]

@@Survivethejive "Goths came from Sweden but they mixed with steppe people like the Huns who has scythian ancestry" .... (your own quote) suggests it is the other way around. The Aryans came over into the Danube and then to the steppes per their legends. Runes etc They inter-related with Sumer, Akkadians and Gutians etc The records will afterward prove bloodlines, after a very great catastrophe/deluge, then spread from the steppes/Urals, we need to wake up! We even rely on corded ware as to 'where they went and from which area' ??? These people were very advanced in foundry, we can tell by these images.

[@richb3802]

Really good vid Tom. Cheers

[@MrFredstt]

Always a good day when STJ uploads!

[@lambert801]

It's worth noting that there are clear instructions on how to perform blood sacrifices-of both humans and animals-in the earliest Hindu texts, particularly the Rigveda.

[@Survivethejive]

i covered some of these in the horse sacrifice vid

[@user-fw6xy8qr3n]

@@Survivethejive but in Upanishad it was banned I think Upanishad or Vedantas are most amazing philosophical text ideas of indo aryan of all time,

[@Mr.Vitality]

I doubt that the Rigveda promotes human sacrifice.

[@Survivethejive]

@@Mr.Vitality it does

[@Tenisinspector8341]

@@Survivethejivean you provide the verses? As far as I’m aware, purushmedha is mentioned in the Yajurveda. The later texts of Shatapatha Brahmana which itself came as a retaliation to Sramanic Buddhist and Jains “Ahimsa”, openly condemned the practice and advocated for the release of to be victims. Later Upanishads and Bhagvat Purana alo uphold the ban and condemn it again.

[@ansuzsociety]

Looking forward to this.

[@soulution24]

Aitäh! Thank you for another great video

[@svijetlanradov8235]

Wonderful video! My favorite content on KZbin

[@vergil8833]

I feel it in my bones every time the "Steppe Expansion" track comes on.

[@GrandmasterFerg]

42:02 A similar motif to the four treasures of the Dagda. Bríd also being a highly venerated Goddess of the hearth. Ó Gríofa or Griffin is a popular second name in Ireland. You also have Griffith in Wales. I keep seeing associations that link Gaelic religion and culture with that of the Eurasian Steppe and areas such as Phonecia

[@benndanny12]

Absolutely BRILLIANT! Fascinating, thanks :)

[@demanu]

Great video. I enjoyed it. Will watch more.

[@casperclemmensen8152]

fantastic work Mr. STJ as allways!. In my upcoming danish book "Cwen" i point out the clear connection between the Scythian /Sarmatian traditions and the North germanic, by following the Sarmatian emigration into North western Europe, from 100-400 AD. More than 5000 Sarmatian Horsemen are send to to England to guard Hadrians wall, while many Alanic clans settle in Frankia. Sarmatian/Alanic warrior graves have been found both in Holland, Germany and Polen, so its clear both from archaeology and written sources, than Scythian/Sarmatian cultures become an important part of both Slavic and Germanic cultures, during the migration era. Thank you again for your great effort to strengthen our indo-european heritage

[@Lee-sd8uo]

we each had our own cultures. they didn't influence us in any way.

[@sillysad3198]

amazing info-graphic!

[@anthonyhiggins6342]

Brilliant synthesis and analysis. Raising my head-dress to you.

[@ekmad]

Great stuff as always

[@asherdobrovolsky1977]

Amazing video. In one breath 👌 😌

[@lynseybowe8693]

Thank you for making such informative videos. I have been so fascinated by Indo-European history and the spread of culture and religions. I always look forward to your videos!

[@mihaeladesaga2518]

I love this documentary. I love the music and the reproductions of people and art. I love this channel. ❤ Hapoy New Year to you!❤🎉

[@Survivethejive]

Thanks and to you!

[@empyreanartsgaming]

I watched this 3 times to refresh, take notes, etc. Great video, as always. For some reason though, Surya's face with the serious cheeks and chin crack me up now at 21:37

[@jameshitchingham2338]

fantastic work

[@ChildOfFreyr]

I love your videos. I hoping to see a video on the Roman religion and their gods. Roger Woodard wrote a book on Indo-European Sacred Space comparing Vedic and Roman religion.

[@BloodlineMedia]

Incredible work. You have my gratitude and admiration.

[@courtneymeador8535]

The connections, through mythology and language, of Europe and Western Asia are astounding. The part about the fire/sun diety being female reminded me of the Norse goddess of the sun, Sol. Your video is wonderful.

[@dirksharp9876]

Here's to hoping this blows up. Your last three videos were important to me Tom but this was an excellent surprise. I had looked for documentaries on Scythians some time ago and couldn't find anything of such quality and depth.

[@Survivethejive]

Fingers crossed!

[@Attila-zh5fe]

In Hungarian, the word „ANIMAL" (in Hungarian „ÁLLAT”) had several meanings until the 19th century. It also meant the word animal, but it also meant the state of something. In folk songs, the antlers of the stag reach up to the sky and are covered with the light of shining stars, candles or the sun. The magnificent stag connects heaven and earth. Shamans wear deer antlers because they have a stronger connection to the sky than other people. In this video, at 46:32 we see a man turned into a horned man, that is, a man in a state of relationship with God. There are also lilies on the tapestry, which represent God.

[@mariussielcken]

Which is why Moses and Alexander (Dhul Quarnan 'the horned one' in hadith') were depicted with horns.

[@olahenci]

@@mariussielcken This is absolutely true. Even in the Bronze Age there are people in helmets with long horns. A man with horns is first found in the Trois-Fréres cave. It is estimated at 15,000-13,000 years before Christ. It is strange that this depiction also appears in Scythian times. Hungarians sing a folk prayer about a boy with horns, while rattling sticks. The Scythian rattling stick ends also sometimes show a deer, sometimes a cattle.

[@mariussielcken]

@@olahenci cernunnos=pan=loki=lucifer=Prometheus

[@amicableenmity9820]

Hmm interesting, any connection to the god Cernunnos?

[@imperator692]

​@mariussielcken Dhul Qarnayn (meaning the One with Two Horns in Arabic) was once thought to be Alexander the great, with the two horns representing his unification of Greece and his conquest of Persia, but many now think he is supposed to be Cyrus the great, considering his importance in the Bible as well as being thought to be a monotheist.

[@YoungChunds]

Very enjoyable to watch, thank you!

[@dgetzin]

Really good content and analysis