Editing Zibelthiurdos (section)

==Names and epigraphy==
In the epigraphic evidence, the deity's name is attested in 12 documents, alternatively written as ''Zbelthiourdes'', ''Zbelthourdos'', ''Zbelsourdos'' or ''Zbersurdos'', ''Zbeltiurdus'', ''Svelsurdus''.{{sfn|Popov|2009|p=23}}

Orientalist [[Wilhelm Tomaschek]] reported three Thracian inscriptions:{{sfn|Tomaschek|1893b|p=60}}

* a dedication from [[Moesia]] made by a Mucaporis to a Διί Ζβελθιούρδῳ;
* an inscription in Skopia to a DEO ZBELTHIURDO;
* an inscription from [[Perinthus]] to a Διί Ζιβελσούρδῳ.

According to epigraphic evidence, the name of Greek god [[Zeus]] is found in Thracian inscriptions associated with ''Zbelthiurdos'' and variations: Zbelturd, Zbelsurd, Zbeltiurd, Zpelturd. This combination is believed to attest a syncretism between the Greek deity and a local Thracian god of thunder and lightning.{{sfn|Kovachev|1997|pp=119–120}}{{sfn|Popov|2009|p=25}}