Great Gish

Gish or Great Gish (Kamkata-vari: Giṣ/Gaviṣ, Kati: Giwīṣ, Gyīṣ, Waigali: Giwiš, Prasun: Gīṣ)^[1] was the most popular god of Nuristani mythology and received the greatest amount of attention among the Siah-Posh Nuristani of Bashgul. Every village of Bashgul had one or more shrines dedicated to him.^[2] In the Nuristani pantheon, Gish ranked next to Moni who was said to be the chief prophet of Imra. Both Moni and Gish were created by Imra by his breath.

Gish was the war-god. Countless bulls and billy goats were sacrificed each year to him and the drums were beaten in his honor for fifteen continuous days, every spring, by the Nuristani slaves.^[2]

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1962). "gaviṣá". A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages. Oxford University Press.
^ ^a ^b Sir Denzil Ibbetson; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. pp. 429–430. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1962). "gaviṣá". A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages. Oxford University Press.

[IbbetsonMaclagan1990-2] Sir Denzil Ibbetson; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. pp. 429–430. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.

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