Sajigor the Unrivalled
Kalash · deity · perennial · Recorded classification
The prompt's 'Sajigor/Sajjgor'. An Indra-aspect onjesta ('pure') deity whose cult excludes the impure (pragata) sphere associated with women.
Domains
- cattle and herds
- war
Powers
- guards the goats and herds of the valley
Relations
- comparative identification: IndrMichael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
Sources
- Sajigor (Sajjigor) is among the mightiest 'pure' male gods of the Kalash, protector of herds and a form of Indra (titled Shura Verin, 'the unrivalled hero-Indra'); his open horse-head altars are barred to women.: Cacopardo, A.M. & Cacopardo, A.S. (2001). Gates of Peristan: History, Religion and Society in the Hindu Kush. Rome: IsIAO. (scholarship); Witzel, M. (2004). Kalash Religion. Groningen: Forsten. (scholarship)