Indr

Kalash deity compared with Vedic Indra; associated with thunder and the rainbow.

Names and tradition associations

• Munjem Malik Kalash · resolvedMichael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• Indra Hindu · resolvedMichael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• Indra (southern Nuristani) Nuristani · resolvedMichael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)

Variant accounts

• source review correctionKeep the separately described figure as an explicit target.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• source review correctionReplace an unqualified historical assertion.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• source review correctionDo not turn comparative reconstruction into literal identity.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)

Domains

• storm and thunder
• earth and underworld
• rainbow

Powers

• wields the storm as the most dangerous of gods
• slays his father to win the middle earth

Relations

• comparative identification: IndraComparative interpretation across changing regional traditions.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• sibling: Balumain the Festival-BringerIn the reported Indrunkot account.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• comparative identification: JeṣṭanAdversarial counterpart, not identity.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
• comparative identification: Sajigor the UnrivalledMichael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)

Sources

• Indr/Warin is the Kalash storm-god, the mightiest and most dangerous deity, appearing in several Indra-forms - Warendr, Sajigor (Shura Verin) and Munjem Malik (Lord of Middle Earth, who slays his father) - preserving Rigvedic Indra motifs.: Witzel, M. (2004). Kalash Religion. Groningen: Forsten. (scholarship); Jettmar, K. (1986). The Religions of the Hindukush, vol. 1. Aris & Phillips. (scholarship)