God · Iranian

Yima

Yima, a god of the Iranian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: zoroaster

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
shares descent with YamaProto-Indo-Iranian *Yemo, the primordial twinVedic Yama, first of the dead, and Avestan Yima descend from the twin of the creation myth.

Sources

  1. Proto-Indo-European mythology (Wikipedia)
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