 Zalmoxis gave his name to a particular type of singing and dancing (Hesych).His realm as a god is not very clear, as some considered him to be a sky-god, a god of the dead, or a god of the Mysteries.Lactantius (an early Christian author, c. 240–320 AD), referring to the religion of the Getae, provides an approximate translation of Julian the Apostate's purported quotation of Trajan