Bushyasta
demonic intermediate Zoroastrian single tradition · 1
Bushyasta is described as the long-handed demon who flees away in fear from Mithra. He is one of the daevas in Zoroastrian cosmology.
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Yasht 10.97 as a daeva who fears Mithra.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Mithra
- co occurs with
- Angra Mainyu, Hvare-khshaeta, Ahura Mazda, Haoma, Aeshma
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“from whom the long-handed Bushyasta flees away in fear”
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