Echoes
Santas, Sandon, Melqart and 2 more
One god under five names (Santas, Sandon, Melqart, Heracles and Verethragna), across The Cradle of Cities, The Olympian Order and The Persian World.
Why the sources call them one god
Santas survived under the name Sandon, and was assimilated by Greek incomers to Heracles
whom the Greeks called Sandon and whom they identified with their Heracles
He was identified by the Greeks with Heracles from the time of their first encounter with him
The figure was also identified by the Greeks with Heracles
From the entry on Verethragna, naming Heracles