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Iambadoule is a
Thracian
The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...
goddess, epigraphically testified together with the Thracian god Zberthourdos ( Sbelsurdos).
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The inscription in Ancient Greek:
θεῷ Ζβερθούρδῳ καὶ Ἰαμβαδούλῃ, ἐπιφανηστάτοις, Αὐρ(ήλιος) Διονύσιος, στρατ(ιώτης) χῶρτις τοῦ πραιτ(ωρίου) ἑκατοντάρχ(ου) Φλωρεντίνου, θέλων ἀνέθηκα
Translation:
To God Zberthourdos and Iambaldoule, the most prominent, Aurelius Dionysius, a local soldier of the praetorian centurion Florentinus, wished to dedicate.
Legacy
According to researcher Dragoslav Antonijević, Dragojlovic argued that the South Slavic character of the samovila (a fairy-like figure) is a continuation of this Thracian goddess.Antonijević, Dragoslav. A Contribution to the Study of the Folklore Ritual Substratum in the Balkans . In: ''Balcanica: annuaire de l'Institut des études balkaniques'', 1983, 13-14 (1982-1983), pp. 416-417.