Apam Napat
deity water single tradition · 1
Apam Napat is the great warlike water divinity of the Ahuric triad. Boyce suggests that the new compound divinity of waters with martial characteristics gradually usurped the position of Apam Napat, finally causing the latter's place to be lost and his veneration to become limited to the obligatory verses recited at the Ab-Zohr.
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the context of the Ahuric triad.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Aredvi Sura Anahita, Ashi
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Boyce also suggests that the new compound divinity of waters with martial characteristics gradually usurped the position of Apam Napat, the great warlike water divinity of the Ahuric triad, finally causing the latter's place to be lost and his veneration to become limited to the obligatory verses recited at the Ab-Zohr.”
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