Sabazius was originally the horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians.
Symbols: Staff, Gesturing hand, Horse
The Romans identified Sabazius with Bacchus and Jupiter.
He was also associated with a number of archeological finds depicting a bronze, right hand in the benedictio latina gesture. The hand appears to have had ritual significance and may have been affixed to a sceptre (as the one carried by Sabazius on the Philippopolis slab). Although there are many variations, the hand of Sabazius is typically depicted with a pinecone on the thumb and with a serpent or pair of serpents encircling the wrist and surmounting the bent ring and pinky fingers. Additional symbols occasionally included on the hands of Sabazius include a lightning bolt over the index and middle fingers, a turtle and lizard on the back of the hand, an eagle, a ram, a leafless branch and the thyrsus.
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