Disani the Earth-Mother

The prompt's 'Disani the fertility goddess'. Kamviri Disâni, Prasun Dízane; cognate with Kalash Dizane/Dezalik. Parentage varies; parentId links to Imra per the dominant account.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

• parent: Imra the Creator

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Southern Nuristani account: Indra

  deity by descent in this account.

  • father: Indra in southern Nuristani accountsMichael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)
  Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)

Children

• Bagisht the River-Lord

Variant accounts

• source review correctionDezau himself is not the childbirth goddess.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

• fertility and fortune
• agriculture

Powers

• grants fertility of fields, herds and women
• springs from the creator's right breast

Epithets

• Disani latin · Disani · cultThe great fertility and earth goddess, the most beloved of the Kafir deitiesGeorge Scott Robertson, The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: Gish the War-GodFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Imra the Creator) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: Moni the Prophet-HeroFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Imra the Creator) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• disputed identification: DezalikThe comparison concerns Nirmali, a legacy alias whose merger needs separate verification.Michael Witzel, Kalash Religion, extract from The Ṛgvedic Religious System (2004), §§1.5.1–1.5.3, pp.3–8 and n.4 (secondary)

Sources

• Disani (Dizane/Nirmali) is the great fertility goddess of the Nuristani Kafirs, born from the creator Imra, mother of Bagisht, giver of agrarian and human fertility, receiving milk offerings at hillside altars.: Robertson, G.S. (1896). The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush. London: Lawrence & Bullen. (scholarship); Buddruss, G. (1974). Some Reflections on a Kafir Myth, in K. Jettmar & L. Edelberg (eds.), Cultures of the Hindukush. Wiesbaden: Steiner. (scholarship)