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Thursday 20 April 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: Persian Mythos (Dragon Magazine 12)

Persian Mythos (Dragon #12)
1. AHURA MAZDA
2. OHRMAZD
3. VOHU MANAH
4. ASHA
5. KSHATHRA VAIRYA
6. ARMAITI
7. HAURVATAT
8. AMERETAT
9. SRAOSHA
10. MITHRA
11. VAYU
12. TISHTRYA
13. ARDVI SURA ANAHITA
14. VERETHRAGNA
15. RAPITHWIN
16. ATAR
17. HAOMA
18. YIMA
19. HOSANG
20. TAKHMORUW
21. THRITA
22. FARIDUN
23. KERESASPA
24. AHRIMAN
25. ANGRA MAINYU
26. AESHMA
27. AZHI DAHAKA
28. AKAH MANH
29. AZ
30. INDRA
31. SAURA
32. TAROMAITI
33. DRUJ NASU
34. JAHI

Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
34 100%  4 11%     14 41%  7  20%       10  29%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
0    0%     0   0%      7   20%    1    2%       3      8%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
21 61%    2   5%      5 14%      0   0%      14   41%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
11 32%    2   5%      0     0%    23 67%     10 29%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
13 38%    6 17%     2      5%    0    0%        5   15%

Z      %
4  11%


Popularity of use
100% A:
67% R, A:
61% H, R, A:
41% M, I, H, R, A:
38% T, M, I, H, R, A: ARMAITI, MITHRA, ATAR, THRITA
32% N, T, M, I, H, R, A: AHRIMAN,
29% U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: SAURA, ASHA,
20% O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: HAOMA, TAROMAITI, SRAOSHA,
17% V, D, O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: HAURVATAT, INDRA, VOHU MANAH,
15% Y, K, V, D, O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: YIMA, AKAH MANH, ARDVI SURA ANAHITA, VAYU, TISHTRYA, KSHATHRA VAIRYA,
11% Z, E, Y, K, V, D, O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: AZHI DAHAKA, AZ, AHURA MAZDA, OHRMAZD, AMERETAT, AESHMA,
8% G, Z, E, Y, K, V, D, O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: ANGRA MAINYU, HOSANG, VERETHRAGNA,
5% W, P, J, G, Z, E, Y, K, V, D, O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: RAPITHWIN, TAKHMORUW, KERESASPA, DRUJ NASU, JAHI,
2% F, W, P, J, G, Z, E, Y, K, V, D, O, U, S, N, T, M, I, H, R, A: FARIDUN,
0% X, Q, L, B, C

Conclusion: ARMAITI (Mother of Atar?), MITHRA (warrior), ATAR (Fire god), and THRITA (drives away sickness) at 38% are the earliest of the pantheon. Mithra seems to be replaced by a much later god as mate to Armaiti. There are no evil gods or spirits in this early pantheon.
Declining at 32% before recovering at 29%. The mythos rises to a plateau at 15%-11% before declining down to 2%.

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