Hushang

In Bundakhishna, Khoshang is the son of Fravak and Fravaki, the grandson of Siyamak and Nisak, the great-grandson of Mashya and Mashyane . From him and his wife and sister Guzak descended Iranians (one of the human "races") ^[1] . “ Denkard ” calls him the eldest of four sons of Fravak, and his wife - Asrita ^[2] . Khoshang's reign lasted 40 years ^[3] .

According to Ardvisur-Yasht (Yasht V 20-23), Khaoshyanha Paradata is the first of the kings to offer sacrifice to Ardvisura Anahita , the sacrifice included 100 horses, 1000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and was prayed on top of Khara, and prayed for her to give him luck so that he becomes the ruler of the world and defeats the Mazan devas and ministers of Druj , and she heeded the donor ^[4] . “Ard-Yasht” (Yasht XVII 23-26) mentions that under the mountain Khara Khaoshyanha he prayed to the goddess Asha , asking for courage to defeat the Mazan devas ^[5] , about the same under the mountain Khara he prayed to the goddess Drvaspu, sacrificing her (that same as Ardvisure) ^[6] ; and also prayed to Vayu (Ram Yasht, Yasht XV 7). “Fravardin-Yasht” speaks of veneration of his Fravashi (Yasht XIII 137).

He became the owner of khvarno and ruled over all the “seven karshwaras” of the earth, people and devas, and killed “ two-thirds of the Mazan devas and servants of the Warnish Evils ” (Zamyad-yasht, Yasht XIX 25-26) ^[7] . In the essay “Judgments of the Spirit of Reason” (XXVII 19-20), this plot is interpreted as follows: “ From Khoshang Peshdadid was that it was useful that he killed two parts of the three parts of Deva Mazendar, the destroyer of the world ” ^[8] . According to the Denkard , he destroyed two-thirds of the Mazan Maidens and seven Aishm ^[9]

Pahlavi texts make him a cultural hero: he established royal authority and legal proceedings ^[10] , marriages ^[11] , taught to irrigate fields, bake bread, build houses from stone, learned to make fire by carving it from stones ^[12] .

Firdousi Husheng is no longer the first king, but the second; son of Siyamek and grandson of Keyumars , raised by his grandfather. Husheng and Keyumars marched with an army of animals and birds against the black deva (son of Ahriman , the giant wolf) to avenge the death of Siyamek. In a duel, Husheng defeated the enemy, tore off his skin and chopped off his head with a sword. After the death of his grandfather, Husheng ascended the throne.

His reign lasted 40 years. He invented the blacksmithing craft, taught how to build canals. He introduced agriculture (before that people ate forest fruits and wore clothes made of leaves). Khusheng also separated tamed animals (bulls, donkeys, sheep) from wild animals and taught people how to sew (while animal meat was not eaten).

Once in the mountains, Husheng met a dragon and threw a stone at it, but missed, and the stone fell on a rock and carved a spark. So the use of fire was discovered. Husheng established worship of fire and introduced the annual festival of Sede .

Appointing the son of Tahmures as heir, Husheng died.

Sources:

• Avesta in Russian translations. St. Petersburg, 1997. S.226, 367, 383.
• Zoroastrian texts. M., 1997. S. 100, 101, 287, 310.
• Denkard III 29; 184; 209; 229; 282; 321 comments; V 1, 5; 4, 2; VII 2, 70
• Firdousi . Shahnameh. (Series "Literary Monuments") In 6 volumes. T. 1. M., 1957. P.26-30 (lines 583-714).

Research:

• Avesta in Russian translations. St. Petersburg, 1997.S. 466.
• Chunakova O. M. Pahlavi dictionary of Zoroastrian terms, mythical characters and mythological symbols. M., 2004.S. 244.