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	Dacian - Information at Halfvalue.com
		Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.
		Dacians spoke an Indo-European language, but its characteristics are still disputed, due to insufficient archaeological evidence.
		the glorification of the bird and the snake by Dacians and ancestors of Dacians
	www.halfvalue.com /wiki.jsp?topic=Dacian (2016 words)

	Dacia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Based on archaeological findings, the origins of the Dacian culture are believed to be in Moldavia, being identified as an evolution of the Iron Age Basarabi culture.
		The result of his first campaign (101-102) was the siege of the Dacian capital Sarmizegethusa and the occupation of a part of the country.
		the glorification of the bird and the snake by Dacians and ancestors of Dacians
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dacian (1701 words)

	Dacia - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Due to a decrease in population of the conquered territory, caused by the recent Dacian Wars and consequent flight of many Dacians north of Carpathian mountains, colonists were imported to cultivate the land and work the mines alongside the Dacian population that can be seen on Trajan's Column submitting to Trajan during the Dacian Wars.
		The Dacians in Roman territory adopted the religion and language of the conquerors (but whether the Romanian language, a Romance language, developed from this Romanization in Dacia is disputed: see Origin of Romanians).
		After the Dacian Wars, Dacians were recruited into the Roman Army, and were employed in the construction and guarding of Hadrian's Wall in Britain, or elsewhere in the Roman Empire.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dacian (2483 words)

	dacia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Main article: Dacian mythology According to Herodotus History (book 4) account of the story of Zalmoxis (or Zamolxis), the Getae (speaking the same language as the Dacians - Strabo) believed in the immortality of the soul, and regarded death as merely a change of country.
		Due to a decrease in population of the conquested teritory, caused by the recent Dacian Wars and consequent flight of many Dacians north of Carpathian mountains, colonists were imported to cultivate the land and work the mines alongside the Dacian population that can be seen on Trajan's Column submitting to Trajan during the Dacian Wars.
		The Dacians adopted the religion and language of the conquerors - the modern Romanian language being a Romance language.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/dacia (2123 words)

	Getica - Dacians
		Being very old, the mythology of the Dacians is born from the desire of the humans to find their place in the world.
		Weather, long distances and the threat of the wilderness are an important part of this mythology and of the dacian magic practices.
		The dacian rituals and magic were performed by both men and women, but there was a distinction in roles between the two sexes.
	www.geticagame.com /index.php?section=dacians&categ=myths (398 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1167 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Longinus, one of the generals of Trajan was surprised by Decebalus in an ambuscade, and the Dacian king offered to restore him, if Trajan would grant peace, restore the country as far as the Danube, and pay the expenses of the war.
		Trajan, who could not accept such terms as these, gave an evasive answer, and in the mean time Longinus relieved the emperor from his difficulty by poisoning himself.
		It is generally supposed that the column at Rome called the Column of Trajan was erected to commemorate his Dacian victories.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3501.html (1146 words)

	Language. Art. Science. Religion
		Studying the few words known of the Dacian language, the linguists arrived at the conclusion that it is a member of the Indo-European family of languages, of the satem group, next to Sanskrit, Old Slavic, Persian and Baltic languages.
		There existed, for certain, Dacian learned men who had the knowledge of writing, and who knew Latin or Greek (during the war of 101-102, Decebalus sent a letter to Trajan, written in Latin, on a mushroom; also, letters from the Greek alphabet had been discovered on some blocks in the walls of Sarmizegetusa).
		One Dacian man was chosen at random to be the messenger, he was told what he has to tell the god, and then he was thrown in the air to fall on three spears held with their points up.
	www.geocities.com /cogaionon/article8.htm (1704 words)

	Dacian
		Dacian Kingdom, during the rule of Burebista, 82 BC Towards the west Dacia may originally have extended as far as the Danube where it runs from north to south at Waitzen (Vacz).
		Several Cohors Primae Dacorum (first cohort of Dacians) and Alae (Ala) Dacorum fighting in the ranks of the Legion were stationed at Deva (Chester), Vindolanda (Stanegate) and Camboglanna (Birdoswald), in Britain.
		The English word dagger might come from Vulgar Latin daca, a Dacian knife, and it also may be related with the medieval Romanian word daga, which was a kind of knife with three blades, used only for assassination.
	www.governpub.com /Languages-D/Dacian.php (2475 words)

	Welcome to St. Vincent's Episcopal Church and School
		By order of the Governor Dacian, he and his bishop were dragged in chains to Valencia and kept in prison for a long time.
		Thwarted, Dacian had Vincent's body sewn into a bag, tied to a stone, and cast into the sea.
		There can be no doubt of Vincent martyrdom; however, much of the legend and mythology of St. Vincent and his manner of death is of questionable accuracy.
	www.stvc.org /Vincent.html (867 words)

	Oium - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		When Burebista was king (a Dacian king 70 BC-44 BC), he received a priestly reformer named Decaeneus, and this Decaeuneus advised the Goths to pillage Germania.
		A long time passed and the Romans were ruled by Emperor Domitian (A.D. As the Goths (historically, the Dacians) feared his avarice, they broke the truce with the Romans and pillaged the banks of the Danube and killed the soldiers and the generals.
		After this use of Dacian, Thracian and Scythian history, Jordanes returns to Gothic tradition by reciting the line of descent of the Gothic royal family from Gapt (Gaut or Odin).
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Oium (1118 words)

	Alex Fantalov: 200 mythological pictures (Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, Russia, Finnish, Indian, Chinese, Zoroastrian ...
		I have created an interesting cycle of Slav mythology, including 40 pictures (water-colors on paper).Especially I elaborated such gods character,as Svarog (a winged god of the sky with four heads); Perun (a god of thunder); Veles (a god of earth, he had a bull head); Dazhbog (a god of good,with a light halo).
		The proposed course "Iconography of the Near East and European mythologies", must be a continuation of the my special course "The mythologies of the world", which was dedicated to the description of the basic mythological and epic plots.
		Comparative mythology: the theories by G. Dumesil, V. Ivanov- V. Toporov, A. Golan and the basic mythological kern of the Indo-Europeans and their neighbors.
	fantalov.tripod.com (2106 words)

	Care2 Connect - Where am I from (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		This education and their beliefs meant that the Dacians were not afraid of death, and thus they were fearsome warriors in the eyes of any ancient civilization.
		The life of the Dacians was dominated by weather, long journeys through the wilderness and the lonelyness of the unforgiving mountains.
		The dacian wizard isn't tolerated by the wolf from fear, nor simpaty, but rather because the nature accepts him as part of the power that holds the world together, and it won't touch this balance.
	www.care2.com /c2c/share/detail/46913 (2097 words)

	Enciclopedia dacica
		Two sections are dedicated to the groups that actively on the Internet are promoting the Dacian history, followed by a chapter covering the latest news hypothesis, or ideas, together with the sources of the antiquity which are referring to the Dacians.
		From such a study is not missing the dispute over the Dacian or roman origin of the people and of the Romanian language, also their ethnical expansion beyond the borders.
		It is a try, tough of tracing the place occupied by the Dacian culture in the European environment and especially to find and prove the uncontested connections and the interactions between the Romanian culture and the civilization of the old Dacians.
	www.gk.ro /sarmizegetusa/eng/a_few.htm (556 words)

	Romanian mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Romanian mythology covers both the mythology traditional to the Romanian people and to certain earlier civilizations that occupied the same geographic area, and whom the ethnic Romanians tend to claim either as spiritual or as more literal ancestors.
		Thus it covers Dacian and Thracian gods, elements of Roman mythology, and Norse Mythology,but does not cover Hungarian mythology.
		Bendis - the goddess of moon, forests and magic (associated with Diana, Artemis)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romanian_mythology (126 words)

	Category:Mythology_by_culture - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		Mythology categorized by the culture in which it is prevalent.
		Tips and templates for this topic can be found and discussed at: WikiProject Mythology.
		The terms "myth" and "mythology" sometimes mean fictitious or imaginary, but in the context of this category they refer to a traditional story or narrative that embodies the belief or beliefs of a group of people.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Category:Mythology_by_culture (199 words)

	Getica - FAQ
		As a consequence, you will meet fantastic creatures belonging to the mythologies of all these cultures, and you will discover references to the gods that these ancient civilizations used to worship.
		Having been borrowed from the norse and celtic mythologies, you will also get the chance of meeting the usual inhabitants of the fantasy games - the elves, the dwarves, etc. - when your character comes in contact with the cultures that these creatures come from.
		This is especially true when it comes to the Dacian mythology, where little is known about some aspects of the creatures or gods.
	www.geticagame.com /index.php?section=faq (1211 words)

	The Heroes Round Table
		Try to see which of the three played the main role, which is the one you have to be most thankful that you know so much, about so many mythologies and all their creatures.
		It was the game that made me love, one-by-one, all those creatures, to the point that I wanted to know more about any of them - which gave me the motivation to start looking in game documentations, game forums and other sources (electronic or not) about them and their stories.
		Maybe I would have met with the names of many of the creatures in the game, but I would have never taken the interest to find out what they are and what's their story.
	www.forumplanet.com /StrategyPlanet/homm/topic.asp?fid=5701&tid=1537765 (1498 words)

	'Indo-European mythologies structure in social-historical aspect'. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The mythology of the God of Earth Powers includes some plots what could be form successive chain: the marriage with the Great goddess that embodied an alliance of two origins of fertility; the conflict with the God of Thunder (the subject of stealing of sacral cows in Balt,
		In the area of Mediterranean mythology of Heracles influenced on iconography of Hero (Etruscan Hercle, Roman Hercules, Thracian Hero).
		This process initiates by means of special explanation plot that talked about she was unfaithful to the God of Thunder and was turned into chthonic goddess (Balt mythology).
	www.redrival.com /mythology/history.htm (1509 words)

	THE THRACIANS WERE DACIANS
		The Dacians laid claim over this territory, although they were separated from it by the river Parisos (today, the river Paar, in Germany) which crossed the mountains and flowed into "the Istros" (old name of the Danube).
		The introduction of this mythology in the circulation of research next to such epics as the Sanskrit Vedas and Upanishads would be both to our advantage and, at the same time would cast a different light upon the remote past of the European continent.
		These mountains of salt without which man's life and the raising of cattle simply cannot be imagined represented in those ancient times a bigger wealth than gold; and indeed maybe it was the most valuable wealth to own for the ancient people.
	www.dacia.org /history/trdac_e.html (2868 words)

	ROMANIAN MYTHOLOGY
		At Limanu (Constanta County), Derzelas appears shown on horseback, as he similarly may be seen on the Racatau and Zimnicea old pottery, or the Bucharest-Herastrau and Surcea (Constanta County again) discovered hoards.
		These youngsters were fighting and dying joyfully under the "Wolf's Head" Dacian banner, which we would also encounter at the Macedonians, as well as at the so-called "Roman " legions later, that had actually been formed from Thracians living within boundaries of the Roman occupied territories.
		Simultaneously with Christianity's consolidation within the Thraco Dacian zone, this celebration has been replaced with "Saint George's" ("Saint Gheorghe's"), a holiness whose iconography was apparently inspired by that of the "Thracian Knight".
	www.angelfire.com /md/Orastie/mythology.html (3845 words)

	List of deities - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		There are also lists of deities by type; see the articles death deity, household deity, lunar deity, and solar deity.
		See much more complete list at Celtic mythology.
		Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the body of a human, but the head of a canine.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Deities (1343 words)

	Romanian mythology - The Mind-N-Magick Paganpedia
		This article on Romanian mythology covers both the mythology traditional to the Romanian people and to certain earlier civilizations that occupied the same geographic area, and whom the ethnic Romanians tend to claim either as spiritual or as more literal ancestors.
		Thus it covers Dacian and Thracian gods, elements of Roman mythology, but does not cover Hungarian mythology.
		Bendis - the goddess of moon, forests and magic (associated with Diana, Artemis)
	mind-n-magick.com /wiki/index.php?title=Romanian_mythology&printable=yes (146 words)

	Rakshassa = Demon (in Hindu mythology) - Topic Powered by eve community
		Rakshassa is teally the Demon, the Devil, in Hindu religion and mythology.
		And if they'd stay true to the powers of a Rakshassa in the mythology from where they took it, it should be more powerfull than the Titan.
		You see Mythology is not History, meaning it is not facts it's a myth so to speak.
	forums.ubi.com /groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/1851065692/m/4211069953 (4266 words)

	God
		Greek mythology is the set of legends which come from the religion of ancient Hellenic civilization.
		In Greek mythology, the gods in the Greek pantheon are given human form, but are first and foremost personifications of the forces of the universe.
		Greek mythology continues to be an important cultural reference long after the Greek religion with which it was entwined ceased to be practiced.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.com /go/god.html (9751 words)

	Mythology in Art and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		More often she of the spouse of the God of Thunder and the God of Earth Powers, in a number of traditions the goddess consists in marriage relations good luck the Clear Sky.
		And more and more late female characters of mythologies of Barbarous Europe (and the Indo-European mythologies as a whole) are derivatives from an image of the Great Goddess.
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	ccc.domaindlx.com /myths (599 words)

	Mythological studies.
		A structural nucleus in mythologies of peoples of Barbarous Europe and social-cultural determinants of the basic mythological types.
		A structural nucleus in mythologies of peoples of Barbarous Europe and socio-cultural determinants of the basic mythological types (ending)
		Mythologies of peoples of Northern Europe - education program.
	greek-gods.tripod.com (300 words)

	Decebal (Braveheart), Dacian King
		As a result, since both Dacian and Roman people were speaking already an almost common language, and should we put aside, as well, the years' multitude to pass over, isn't it an irony of Fate that today's Romans should be called "Italians" whereas ourselves, Pelasgian-Thracians, respectively named "Roman(ian)s"?...
		Since the Zamolxian Cult was not only tolerating, but yet praising and promising other-world rewards to suicide, as final means of relief for the ones worstly striked fate, after a last, fierce struggle Decebalus' faithfuls take their own lives, one by one.
		And, as Roman horsemen are also ready to capture him, the ill-fated Dacian King in jeopardy fulfils, in his turn, an untainted Destiny by killing himself.
	www.angelfire.com /md/Orastie/Decebal.html (3000 words)

	INDO-EUROPEAN MYTHOLOGIES: FREE TEXTS AND PICTURES ON-LINE. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Certainly, influence of astrology (as names of gods connected with heavenly bodies) and the Bible (the name "Saturday" this to the sixth day of week here has had an effect.
		Nevertheless, presence of names main Indo-European mythologies characters, that are in agreement with the basic types of gods allocated in this work is indicative.
		Tuesday is connected to Mars who though had military function, as the God of the Clear Sky, in genesis was the God of Earthly Forces.
	www.redrival.com /mythology (1074 words)

	www.myspace.com/medana
		The Dacians are a barbarian ancient people inhabiting the area of Transylvania and Romania today, and some consider them to be the originators of the Latin civilization, where the Romans migrated from initially, then settled down in Rome, becoming a migrating conquering branch that centuries later returned to conquer their old ancestors, the Dacians...
		The word 'dacian' comes from 'dacos' which means 'wolf head'...
		Medana was the daughter of the last and greatest Dacian king, Decebalus, whom Traian, upon conquering Dacia, decapitated.
	myspace.com /medana (1799 words)

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