Moni
Moni is a deity in Nuristani religion who participates in the expedition against demons living in a house near heaven. After Disani shows him her white and full thighs, he becomes excited, breaks down the door of the demon house, and kills the demons inside.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Pre-Islamic Nuristani deity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ame-no-Uzume, Uṣas
- allied with
- Disani
- created by
- Imra
- sibling of
- Gish
- manifests as
- Mandi
- child of
- Imra
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Later, she tells Moni to look at her thighs, which are white and full. Moni gets excited, breaks the door and kills the demons.”
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“In the Nuristani pantheon, Gish ranked next to Moni who was said to be the chief prophet of Imra. Both Moni and Gish were created by Imra by his breath.”
#2816 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The name of the deity is said to have been derived from a borrowing of Sanskrit Mahādeva, a title ascribed to the god Shiva, who is similar to Moni in most aspects, such as the bow, bull, and destroyer of the cattle of demons.”
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