Bhaga
Bhaga ( Sanskrit भग Bhaga m. , Giver ) is one of the Adityas in Vedic mythology , a descendant of the goddess Aditi . He is considered to be the founder of wealth and love as well as the god of marriage.
In the Rigveda , Bhaga appears as a “distributor” or “distributor”, from whom prosperity, luck and power are expected; his name is used both as a proper name and as a generic name. Dawn is mentioned as his sister at one point. In post-Vedic writings, the spring month of Pauṣa is dedicated to him as the god of marriage .
It is assumed that Bhaga was a god with a broader meaning and that his characterization as a bringer of prosperity in the Rigveda was already at the end of a mythological development to which he had sunk by then. The divine name Baga used in Persian Zoroastrianism is identified with the Vedic Bhaga. Baga appears here on the one hand as an epithet of various gods, especially Ahura Mazda , on the other hand as a generic term for 'god'.
literature
- Volker Moeller: Bhaga . In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.) Gods and Myths of the Indian Subcontinent (= Dictionary of Mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 5). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-12-909850-X , p. 49.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rigveda 7,41,2 de sa
- ↑ Rigveda 5,46,6 de sa
- ↑ Rigveda 1,123,5 de sa
- ↑ For example, Vishnu-Purana 2:10.
- ↑ Volker Moeller: Bhaga . In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.) Gods and Myths of the Indian Subcontinent (= Dictionary of Mythology. Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 5). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-12-909850-X , p. 49.
- ↑ Harold Walter Bailey, Nicholas Sims-Williams , Stefan Zimmer: Baga . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume 3 (4), pp. 403–406 (English, including references)