Similar Myths to The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) in Other Cultures
Proto-Indo-European Twins
Myths about divine twins similar to the Dioscuri are widely thought go way waaaaaaay back. The Proto-Indo-Europeans, who it's believed the people of modern Europe and India are all descended from,...
Ashvins
The reason why scholars and anthropologists are so certain that the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans had Dioscuri-like gods is that divine twins can be found in so many of the cultures descended from t...
Ašvieniai
More horsey twins can be found in the Baltic region, where many of the older religions included some version of them in their pantheons. The Ašvieniai of Lithuania, who are a whole lot like Ashvin...
Celtic Dioscuri
The Celts were a big time tribe in Northern Europe and the British Isles who many people are descended from today. Like all these other folks of Indo-European descent, they also had a version of th...