Encore une Fois sur la “Déesse de Razgrad” et les Plus Anciens des “Cavaliers Danubiens”
Again on the “Goddess from Razgrad” and the Most Ancient “Danube Horsemen”

Summary/Abstract: In the proposed text the author examines and analyses three tablets with images of the so-called “Danube Horsemen” and tablets from Razgrad featuring an anonymous goddess, placing them in a broader cultural and historical context. A critical survey of research conducted so far on the theme was made in the course of the study. The author believes that the origin of the iconography of the Danube Horsemen” can be sought in the Thracian Horseman. As regards the tablets from Razgrad with the image of the goddess, their cult character is beyond any doubt: the Thracian Great Goddess-Mother is depicted on them. A comparative analysis is made with the phalerae from the village of Galiche and with other monuments. The same local Thracian goddess offering a wreath to the ruler is depicted in the scene from the tomb in the village of Sveshtari, which is also in the Razgrad region. In conclusion, the view is accepted that the examined goddess and horsemen present a local Thracian cult connected with Asia Minor.

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