Aka Manah
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Some enumerations of the six substitute Nasu for this figure. The variation is recorded here and on the Nasu record rather than being resolved, because the texts do not resolve it.
Children in alternative accounts
- Az: Dēnkard (reported by Malandra): Akoman’s seedMythic origin described as Akoman’s seed, not a biological default or Vedic genealogy.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
- Indra (the daeva): Dēnkard (reported by Malandra): Akoman’s seedMythic origin described as Akoman’s seed, not a biological default or Vedic genealogy.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
- Waran: Dēnkard (reported by Malandra): Akoman’s seedMythic origin described as Akoman’s seed, not a biological default or Vedic genealogy.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
Domains
- evil thought
Relations
- opposes: Vohu ManahNon-symmetric by construction, so nothing is written onto the pre-existing Amesha Spenta record. The corpus held Vohu Manah with eight relations and not the one being he is defined against.Reference treatment: Akoman of 'evil thought' opposes Wahman of 'good thought'. (secondary)
- mythic origin of: Indra (the daeva)Textual origin; no biological default.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
- mythic origin of: WaranTextual origin; no biological default.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
- mythic origin of: AzTextual origin; no biological default.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
Sources
- Aka Manah is the arch-daeva of evil thought, the Vendidad's opposite of the Amesha Spenta Vohu Manah.: Reference treatments of the daevas in Zoroastrian scripture and of the Vendidad's arch-daeva lists. (secondary)