Athwya

Avestan Athwya (Persian Abtin), the second presser of haoma (Yasna 9.7), father of Thraetaona/Fereydun. Named in the prose of zoroastrian_thraetaona (son of Athwya/Abtin).

Children

• Thraetaona

Domains

• kingship deliverance

Powers

• second mortal to press the haoma plant, earning as boon the birth of his son Thraetaona

Relations

• father of: ThraetaonaFather of the dragon-slayer Thraetaona/Fereydun; the existing zoroastrian_thraetaona should carry zoroastrian_athwya in parentIds.Avesta, Yasna 9.7 (to Athwya was born Thraetaona) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Avesta, Yasna 9.7 (the second presser of haoma, father of Thraetaona); Zamyad Yasht 19.36-37 (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, article Abtin / FerEdun (Avestan Athwya) (secondary)