Yima
Zoroastrian · mortal · primordial · Recorded classification
First mortal king, endowed with the divine Glory; built the Vara and ruled a deathless golden age before pride cost him the khvarenah and he was sawn in two by Spityura.
Domains
- kingship golden age
- divine glory khvarenah
Powers
- Build the underground Vara to shelter life from the deadly winter
- Enlarge the earth threefold to hold his thriving creatures
- Hold death, sickness, and aging at bay during his reign
Epithets
- Yima xšaēta Yima the Radiant / the Splendid (whence New Persian Jamshid)Avesta, Vendidad Fargard 2; Yasht 19 (Zamyad Yasht) (primary)
- huvąθwa the good shepherd / of good herdsAvesta, Vendidad, Fargard 2 (Yima as the good shepherd) (primary)
Relations
- sibling: SpityuraReciprocal of zoroastrian_spityura.sibling (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- enemy: SpityuraReciprocal of zoroastrian_spityura.enemy (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- killed by: Azhi DahakaZahhak usurped Jamshid's throne and had him sawn in two; in the Avesta the sawyer is Spityura (Yt. 19.46), who is not in the registry.Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (reign of Jamshid) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Avesta, Vendidad 2 (primary); Avesta, Yasht 19 (primary); Ferdowsi, Shāhnāmeh (Jamshid) (primary)