hero is reflected in the Greek myth of Rhesus. The Cabeiri and her sons and Orpheus, to whom, following the tetrad base of the Thracian religion, was added the ityphallic deity Casmilus, became known as the Cabeiri (, ), or the "great ones" on the island of Samothrace, as well as in Thrace proper, where the Cabeiri were worshipped in the Odrysian capital of Seuthopolis. The Cabeiri were seen a group of deities who assured salvation in the afterlife and upheld social order. The Thracian names of the individual Cabeiri are attested from Samothrace as Axiocersus (, ), Axierus (, ), Axiocersa (, ) and Casmilus (m ), with the element (the colour black) signalling their chthonic nature. The ancient Greeks, among whom the cult of the Cabeiri had spread, believed Thrace to be one of the multiple possible places from where these deities originated. In Samothrace, Casmilus was identified via interpretatio graeca with the Greek god Hermes, under which name he was an ityphallic god who represented both the male principle and the two sacred marriages uniting with and then Orpheus. In some other versions of the cult, however the Cabeiri were twin gods who each in turn experienced death and immortality in heaven and in the underworld. The Cabeiri were worshipped in a mystery cult, which was a variation of the mystery cult of "Thracian Orphism," and initiation into it was believed to bring order to society as well as to the lives of the cult's initiates. Nymphs In Thracian religion, nymphs were closely associated with the goddess and her cult. The sacrifice of a sow during the Bendideia festival in honour of the goddess was performed in sanctuaries of the nymphs. During the Roman period, the nymphs were seen as symbols of the healing power of springs. Iconography On one classical relief, the nymphs are depicted together with the goddess , and on Roman-era votive tablets, they are portrayed alongside the goddess Hera when was assimilated to her. Nymphs are represented engaging in love affairs with centaurs on Thracian coins, which is a motif that is also present in Greek mythology, and in Hindu mythology in the form of the betrothal of the Apsaras to the Gandharvas. Centaurs In Thracian mythology, Centaurs were anonymous and undifferentiated borderline creatures inhabiting the wild limits of the civilised world without the authority of social regulation: they ate raw food, drank