One of the oldest stories, undoubtedly a myth, is the land demon Apush, who is a black horse, the holder of a pan, the god of rain, who according to what is written in Tirisht 50 It has been said that Ahrva Mazda has created equals to be on the side of praise and prayer. God, the wild beasts of the mountains and the beasts of the deserts, in the season of waterless eyes, will wake up.. The importance of the role of water, rain and stars in ancient Iran has turned the battle between Tashtar and Apush into one of the most beautiful mythological legends of ancient Iranians..
Absakhor, the story of the killing of a land demon by the hand of a saucer, should be found in the hearts of the first inhabitants of Iran and in the geographical territory of today's Iran, not in the common period between India and Iran.. This is why this story has crystallized in the later Avesta and other parts of Mazdasna literature. The best description of Apush's battle with Tashtar star is found in Tirisht, which is written in the most eloquent way possible because of this topic.. Tashtar is a star with the seed of water, earth and plants, and in order to be able to bring cheap rain to a dry and thirsty land, he must overcome the land demon Aposh..
The battle of Tashtar with Opush takes place in three stages and each stage takes place in ten nights with different constellations.
In all three stages, Tashtar asks for sacrifices and sacrifices to win over Aposh, and promises the well-being of cows and horses, and most of all, the perfection of the soul.. He wants a victim to have the staying power to overcome Opush, who catches him on his way to the water.. Another sign of the poverty of heaven and earth, apart from the moral teachings, is the principle that bandits, wicked women, irreligious people and those who disrupt life should not eat the meat of the victim..
In the first ten nights, Tashtar takes on a universal body and in the form of youth 15 A bright and radiant year, with bright eyes, tall, strong and agile, and a man who has fastened his belt for the first time, gained strength and reached maturity, flies in the light.. This phase of the battle, which lasts for three days and nights, leads to the victory of Opush. Aposh the pan is a hoto (farsang) It drives you away from the sea of greatness.
Then, on the second ten nights, the saucer flies in the form of a horned golden cow in the light. Finally, on the third ten nights, it flies into the light in the form of a beautiful white horse, with golden ears and a golden bridle, until finally, at noon, a thunderbolt overshadows the demon, which is a black and bald horse. (Hairless) He is victorious and pushes him away from Farakhkert sea to a distance of one Hatar and rain falls on the ground.. Apparently, Aposh is called a land demon and is synonymous with dry summer and scorched earth without vegetation..
Excerpts from Zadsperm and his servant have also brought the battle between Tashtar and Aposh. The report of these two texts emphasizes the role of the wind in helping to reach the pan, they are equal in general and more detailed compared to Tir Yasht..
Tashter fights with Aposh in the three figures of Man, Gauten, and Horse, and brings rain to each of them for ten days and nights..
Water covers the whole earth as high as a man. All the donkeys (Insidious and poisonous insects and reptiles) They die and their poison mixes with the earth. In order to take this poison from the earth, Tashter plunges into the sea in the form of a white horse with a long tail, and Opush rises in the form of a black horse with a short tail to face him and drives Tashter to the bottom.. He chases Aposh a mile away. In this battle of Spongerose (sponge) He is the friend of Aposh, and fire and fire are the helpers of Tashtar. Fire and Azeht destroys spongerose with a fire wand. It rained for three days and nights, each drop of which was the size of a pan of water. The water is mixed with the poison of the ostriches. It drives the wind to Farakhkurt Sea and 3 Great sea and 30 A small sea emerges; And that is why sea water is salty.
According to statistics, Farr Irani is involved in defeating Aposh. In his verse, it is mentioned that the seeds and sperm of all plants and animals are scattered on the earth with the help of the wind, which is a sign of the regeneration of the earth after the victory over Aposh.. In Vendidad, Ahura Mazda tells Zarathustra that he flows the water with clouds and winds from the farakhkurt sea, flows the waters over the corpses and tombs and festering remains and festering bones, and flows the waters into the cleansing sea of Poetics returns.
There, the waters boil and after purification, they turn to Farakhkurt Sea again and move towards the Vispubish tree.. Vispobish is the name of a legendary tree, on which the seeds of all kinds of plants are placed. This is the same tree on which the Simorgh's nest is located. There, the seeds of all kinds of plants grow : Hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands …Then Ahura Mazda will make the rain fall on the seeds of the plants, so that the Ashwan people will have food and the cattle will have plants.. In this way, the seed of the whole earth is nourished.
