Keresaspa
Zoroastrian · mortal · legendary · Recorded classification
Club-wielding hero endowed with the Glory; slayer of dragons and demons who lies in deathless sleep until he rises to kill the freed Azhi Dahaka.
Parentage
- parent: Thrita
Domains
- heroic strength
- divine glory khvarenah
Powers
- Slay the horned dragon Azhi Srvara and cook on its back
- Drag the golden-heeled Gandarewa from the sea and slay him
- Rise from enchanted sleep to slay freed Azhi Dahaka at world's renewal
Epithets
- narǝmanah of manly mind / brave-minded (standing Avestan epithet of Keresaspa)Yasht 19 (Zamyad Yasht); Yasna 9 (Hom Yasht) (primary)
Relations
- killer of: Azhi DahakaEschatological: at the end of time Keresaspa rises from his deathless sleep to slay the dragon freed from Damavand.Greater Bundahishn 29.9; Zand-i Wahman Yasn 9 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Avesta, Yasht 19.38-44 (primary); Avesta, Yasna 9.10 (primary); Bundahishn 29 (secondary)