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came down from the endless light, in the manner of fire, and mingled with the fire which was before her ; and from the fire it mingled with the mother of Zaratûst 1.
2. For three nights it was manifest, to all passersby, as a species of fire in the direction of the house, and passers on the road always saw great radiance. 3. Also when she became fifteen years old, the radiance of that glory which was in her, was even such that, on the path she was walking along, its brightness was then shed by her 2.
4. About the combination of Zaratūst, whose guardian spirit is reverenced; that is, his guardian spirit, in the Hôm, and his glory are given the cow's milk, by his father and mother drinking it up, and his spiritual life (ahvô) came into the combination, as was proclaimed by his statements in the manuscript about the Guidance of the Ceremonial 4 :
5. About the backward connection of Zaratůst with Adharmazd, through the two who are Yim, the best of the worldly existences, and Nêryðsang of the spirits. 6. The enumeration of the lineage of Zaratûst is Zaratust, son of Pôrůshaspô ®, of Purtarâspô,
zerkhûnto;' which might also be translated thus : when Freno, the mother of Zaratûst, whom they called Dukdak, was born.' This Frêně, whether mother or daughter, does not seem to correspond with any Freni mentioned in the Avesta. 1 See Dk. VII, ii, 2, 3.
Ibid. 7, 8. . Ibid. 46, 47. • Not identified, but probably like the Nîrangistân.
5 This genealogy was, no doubt, derived originally from the same source as that in Dk. VII, ii, 70, but there are several variations, especially in orthography, which are here preserved, unless clearly copyist's blunders. The names marked with an asterisk are written in Pâzand.
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