In Hinduism, Tvashtri is the god of craftsmen and a son of Surya and Adita (however, according to village sources, Tvashtri has no father nor does he have a mother, and that he is the father of Vishnu). He made the three worlds with pieces of the sun (his father, Surya, is the solar deity), as well as creating the moon and the weapons of the gods, such as Vajra (Indra's thunderbolt). He is the father of Trisiras, who was killed by Indra. Tvashtri created Vritra, a fearsome dragon, in revenge.
In Hinduism, Tvashtri is the god of craftsmen and a son of Surya and Adita (however, according to village sources, Tvashtri has no father nor does he have a mother, and that he is the father of Vishnu).
He made the three worlds with pieces of the sun (his father, Surya, is the solar deity), as well as creating the moon and the weapons of the gods, such as Vajra (Indra'sthunderbolt).
Tvashtri created Vritra, a fearsome dragon, in revenge.
In Persia Atar (or Fire) is a son of Ahura Mazda (Yasna LXIV, 46-53), as Agni (= Ignis) is of Tvashtri in the Rig-Veda.
Armaiti is Ahura Mazda's daughter, as Saranyu in the Rig-Veda is the daughter of Tvashtri, the "Creator." The use of gomez (bovis urina) for purification is common to both India and Persia.
Tvashtri again is creator of heaven and earth and of all beings, though his worship was ultimately in Vedic times displaced by that of Indra.
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