Hadhayosh

 


The hadhayosh was a giant bull from Persian mythology. It was also known as the sarsaok. The hadhayosh had six horns and a flaming mane. It's body was made of brass. There were multiple hadhayoshes made, each one exactly 52 feet tall and 57 tons in weight.


The hadhayosh were created by 'the god of the forge'. While there are various angels or lesser gods in Zoroastrianism, I couldn't find exactly who this god of the forge was. Possibly Khshathra Vairya, the angel of metals, that would be my best guess.


The hadhayoshes were primordial beings who were created right after the earth was finished. They were tasked with carrying the newly created humanity across the Voutkasha sea from the land of the gods to the know world. Once they had reached the mortal world the hadhayosh acted like normal cattle, grazing on the ample grasslands.


The hadhayosh were slain and prepared like cattle by the newly arrived humans. When the hadhayosh were slain 55 species of grain and 12 species of medicinal plants sprouted from their blood on the ground. The fat of the hadhayosh was then mixed with white haoma sap to produce an immortality elixir, which was capable of giving eternal life to the righteous. It was for this reason the hadhayosh were all slain and went extinct.


Although they were supposedly extinct in historical times, it was also said that hadhayoshes raided Iran in the 14th century. But I couldn't find any other details on this beyond that one sentence.


There's precious little information on this creature, and what is available may have been tainted with information created for modern games where it appears, so take everything here with a grain of salt.


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