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{{Short description|Deity in the Indo-Iranian pantheon}} | {{Short description|Deity in the Indo-Iranian pantheon}} | ||
'''Apam Napat''' | '''Apam Napat''' is a deity in the [[Proto-Indo-Iranian religion|Indo-Iranian]] [[Pantheon (gods)|pantheon]] associated with water. His names in the [[Vedas]], '''''Apām Napāt''''', and in [[Zoroastrianism]], '''''Apąm Napāt''''', mean "child of the [[Ap (water)|waters]]" in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Avestan language|Avestan]] respectively. ''[[wikt:नपात्|Napāt]]'' ("grandson", "progeny") is cognate with [[Latin]] ''nepos'' and English ''[[nephew]]''.{{efn|name=a|[[Georges Dumézil]] and others have suggested an alternative origin for the name, which ties it etymologically to other Indo-European deities such as Etruscan [[Nethuns]], Celtic [[Nechtan (mythology)|Nechtan]] and Roman [[Neptune (mythology)|Neptune]] (see [[Neptune (mythology)#Etymology|etymology of Neptune]]).<ref>{{cite book |last=Philibert |first=Myriam |year=1997 |title=Les Mythes préceltiques |place=Monaco |publisher=Éditions du Rocher |pages=244–247}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dumézil |first=Georges |author-link=Georges Dumézil |year=1995 |title=Mythe et Epopée |volume=III |publisher=Quarto Gallimard, pub. Éditions Gallimard |isbn=2-07-073656-3 |page=40}}</ref>}} In the [[Rig Veda]], he is described as the creator of all things.<ref name="RV2352"/> | ||
In the [[Vedas]] it is often apparent that ''Apām Napāt'' is being used as a title, not a proper name. This is most commonly applied to [[Agni]], god of fire, and occasionally to [[Savitr]], god of the sun. A correspondence has also been posited by [[Mary Boyce|Boyce]]<ref name=Boyce-1989/> between both the Vedic and Avestic traditions of Apam Napat, and [[Varuna]], who is also addressed as "Child of the Waters", and is considered a god of the sea.<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Apąm Napāt |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/apam-napat}}</ref><ref name=Boyce-1989>{{cite book |first=Mary |last=Boyce |author-link=Mary Boyce |year=1989 |title=A History of Zoroastrianism: The Early Period |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-08847-4 |pages=42–43, 45, 47–48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42}}</ref>{{rp|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA47 47–48]}} In the Iranian tradition, he is also called ''Burz'' ("high one," {{lang-fa|[[wikt:برز#Persian|برز]]|}}) and is a [[Yazata|''yazad'']].<ref name=Boyce-1989/>{{rp|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 42–43]}} | In the [[Vedas]] it is often apparent that ''Apām Napāt'' is being used as a title, not a proper name. This is most commonly applied to [[Agni]], god of fire, and occasionally to [[Savitr]], god of the sun. A correspondence has also been posited by [[Mary Boyce|Boyce]]<ref name=Boyce-1989/> between both the Vedic and Avestic traditions of Apam Napat, and [[Varuna]], who is also addressed as "Child of the Waters", and is considered a god of the sea.<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Apąm Napāt |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/apam-napat}}</ref><ref name=Boyce-1989>{{cite book |first=Mary |last=Boyce |author-link=Mary Boyce |year=1989 |title=A History of Zoroastrianism: The Early Period |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-08847-4 |pages=42–43, 45, 47–48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42}}</ref>{{rp|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA47 47–48]}} In the Iranian tradition, he is also called ''Burz'' ("high one," {{lang-fa|[[wikt:برز#Persian|برز]]|}}) and is a [[Yazata|''yazad'']].<ref name=Boyce-1989/>{{rp|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 42–43]}} | ||