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Jahi[
In Zoroastrian tradition, Jahi appears as
In scripture
In the hymn to Haoma, the devotee rejects the temptations of the "polluting whore" who "sits down devouring Haoma's sacrificial offering".[1] In the hymn to Asha, the Holy term (manthra spenta) is an effective remedy against Jahi and other noxious creatures.[2] In the hymn to Ashi (not to be confused with Asha), "Fortune" wails about how shamed she is by Jahi's improper actions.[3]
Jahi is characterized in the
In the Sudgar Nask[c] fire is sickened by the stench and filth of Jahi and by the irritant "owing to the hussy who, dropping her knee on to the fire-stand, arranged her curls; the falling of damp and moisture from her head, with the hair and filth therefrom".[8]
In tradition
In the
Towards the end of the second cosmic age (the second 3000 years), Ahriman, who until then has resisted the exhortations of his demons, is roused from his impotence by Jeh's beguiling devices, who promises to destroy the creatures of Ohrmazd.[11] Incited, Ahriman defiles her with a kiss,[d] and from this act Jeh is thenceforth afflicted with menstruation.[12]
Jeh is appointed by Ahriman for the defilement of females, and it is this defilement that causes women to have their
Notes
- ^ Menstruation itself is however characterized as being a creation of Angra Mainyu/Ahriman.
- Spenta Armaiti, the Amesha Spentaof the earth.
- ^ The Sudgar Nask is an Avestan text that has not survived but the contents of which are summarized in Denkard 9.
- ^ The 'kiss' in Bundahishn 3 is frequently considered to be a euphemism for sexual union.
Bibliography
- Zaehner, Richard Charles (1955). Zurvan: A Zoroastrian dilemma. Oxford: Clarendon. pp. 350–351.
- Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji (1938). History of Zoroastrianism. New York: OUP. p. 405.
- Shaki, Mansour. "Gayōmart". Archived copy. Encyclopedia Iranica. Vol. 10. Costa Mesa: Mazda. Archived from the original on 2005-01-26. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Max Müller, ed. (1897). "Bundahishn". Pahlavi Texts. Sacred Books of the East. Vol. 5. Translated by Edward William West. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Max Müller, ed. (1897). "Selections of Zadspram". Sacred Books of the East. Vol. 5. Translated by Edward William West. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Behramgore Tehmuras Anklesaria, trans., ed. (1956). Zand-Akasih: Iranian or Greater Bundahishn. Bombay: Rahnumae Mazdayasnan Sabha.