[179]. The first month is called Fravisha, and indicates the particular time of this celebration. Fravisha also means the departed souls of ancestors, and these angels or protectors are numberless. Every being of the good creation, whether living, dead or still unborn, has its own Fravisha or guardian angel, who has existed from the beginning.
[180]. Haug was the first to call attention to this striking coincidence with Hindu mythology; in the Aitareya, and Satapatha Brahmanas, in the Atharva-veda, and in the Ramayana, the gods are numbered at thirty-three.
[181]. Yasna, xvi.
[182]. See Yasna, xix.
[183]. This expression probably points to an immigration of Zarathustranism.
[184]. Yasna, xlii.
[185]. Yasna, lvii.
[186]. From the fifth to the twelfth.
[187]. When a dog dies his spirit passes to Ardvi Sura, the goddess of the living waters that pour into the celestial sea. The penalty for frightening a pregnant dog was from ten to two hundred stripes.
[188]. As the symbol and instrument of sovereignty. He reigned supreme by the strength of the ring and of the poniard.