Zairich
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Ameretat is the Amesha Spenta of plants as well as of immortality, which is why the daeva against her is specifically poison and not simply death; the opposition is at the level of what a plant is for.
Domains
- poison
Relations
- opposes: AmeretatNon-symmetric.Reference treatment: Zarich of poison opposes Amurdad of 'immortality'. (secondary)
- counterpart of: TaurviReciprocal of the edge on the Taurvi record.Reference treatment listing Tauru and Zairi together among the daevas opposing the Amesha Spentas. (secondary)
Sources
- Zairich is the arch-daeva of poison, set against the Amesha Spenta Ameretat of immortality, and named in the lists alongside Taurvi.: Reference treatments of the daevas in Zoroastrian scripture. (secondary)