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CHAPTER XXII, 4-XXIII, 3.
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leagues (parasang) of Lake Kêkast. 9. Lake (or, rather, Gulf) Satavês' is that already written about, between the wide-formed ocean and the Patik. 10. It is said that in Kamîndân is an abyss (zafar), from which everything they throw in always comes back, and it will not receive it unless alive (gånvar); when they throw a living creature into it, it carries it down; men say that a fountain from hell is in it. 11. Lake Urvis is on Hugar the lofty?.
CHAPTER XXIII. 1. On the nature of the ape and the bear they say, that Yim, when reason (nismo) departed from him3, for fear of the demons took a demoness as wife, and gave Yimak, who was his sister, to a demon as wife; and from them have originated the tailed ape and bear and other species of degeneracy.
2. This, too, they say, that in the reign of Az-i Dahâk* a young woman was admitted to a demon, and a young man was admitted to a witch (parik), and on seeing them they had intercourse; owing to that one intercourse the black-skinned negro arose from them. 3. When Frédûn 6 came to them they fied from the country of Iran, and settled upon the sea-coast ; now, through the invasion of the Arabs, they are again diffused through the country of Iran.
See Chap. XIII, 9-13. · See Chaps. XII, 5, XIII, 4.
See Chap. XXXIV, 4. This is the Jamshed of the Shâhnâmah. Perhaps for 'reason' we should read 'glory.' • See Chaps. XXXI, 6, XXXIV, 5.
See Chap. XXXIV, 6.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |