Scythian culture left a rich heritage. Mostly, artefacts come from burials – the main source of material culture. Scythian cauldrons findings also mostly originate from burials of both elite and civil persons. Despite the great amount of Scythian metal cauldrons research, their sociocultural meaning is not profoundly studied yet. Just a few scholars tried to investigate the symbolic meaning of a cauldron, relying only on archaeological data and literary evidence of Herodotus, with a rare and non-systemic recall of ethnographic or mythological intercourse. Thus, the theoretical background of analogy use was profoundly studied and several aspects of strong analogy for metal Scythian cauldron were selected. The people in three areas (the Caucasus, Middle Asia and Western Siberia) confirm the use of cauldron not only for mere household purposes, but also in sacral practices and folk traditions. The analysis of ethnographic examples proves that in the Early Iron Age a cauldron might possess incredible significance in people’s belief system. No doubt that in burials, along with the meaning of personal belongings, it symbolized sacral connection with the two worlds, family, society. All the concepts represented in the matrix of analogies are to be carefully correlated now with archaeological data. The context under consideration are Scythian burials; the aspects of cauldron findings under analysis embrace the amount of vessels (one, two or more), their state (unbroken or lost their functionality), filling (animal bones, metal “forks” or empty), location (main chamber, dromos, household space). Cauldrons from burials are grouped according to the symbolic meaning of the artefact and suggest the reconstruction of the reason why they serve as grave belongings.