{"id":2885,"date":"2020-07-22T12:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T11:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=2885"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:13","slug":"coloxais","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/scythian-mythology\/coloxais\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloxais"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/scythian-mythology\/\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScythian Mythology\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_scythe\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<p>This is the story of Coloxa\u00efs, son of Targitaos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Coloxa\u00efs, son of Targitaos\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/scythian-mythology\/coloxais\/#Coloxais-fils-de-Targitaos\" >Coloxa\u00efs, son of Targitaos<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coloxais-fils-de-Targitaos\"><\/span>Coloxa\u00efs, son of Targitaos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Yasht<\/em>, the mythological part of the<em><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/zoroaster-mythology\/\">Avesta<\/a><\/em>, the sacred text of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/zoroaster-mythology\/\">Zoroastrianism<\/a>, a hero named Thraetaona (the Fereydoun of the Sh\u00e2h N\u00e2m\u00e2 of Ferdowsi) divided his kingdom between his three sons, Iradj, Salm and Tour. Iradj received the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-de-perse-1542\/\">Persian<\/a>, Salm the western part of his kingdom and Tour the eastern part. the\u00a0<em>Yasht XVII<\/em>\u00a0(prayer to the goddess Ashi, 55-56) speaks of \u201cFast horse towers\u201d. According to writers of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Touran stretched across the steppes of northern Persia and western Turkestan (domain of the Sogdians). <\/p>\n<p>This allows them to be identified with <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/scythian-mythology\/\">Scythians<\/a>. King Fraransyan of Turan assaulted the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-de-perse-1542\/\">Persians<\/a> but was defeated. This struggle is recounted in the\u00a0<em>Yasht XIX<\/em>. If Thraetaona is purely mythical, there is no reason to doubt the confrontation between the Persians and the Turanian nomads. After the arrival of the tribes <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-turques-1708\/\">Turkish<\/a> in Turkestan, the Turanians (and therefore the Scythians) were mistakenly considered <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-turques-1708\/\">Turks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The name of Tour comes from an Indo-Iranian term,\u00a0<em>you ra<\/em>, which means &quot;mighty&quot;. Based on the work of Fran\u00e7ois Cornillot, specialist in\u00a0<em>Rig-Veda<\/em>\u00a0and<em>Avesta<\/em>, we find it in the name of\u00a0<em>Targitaos<\/em>, the ancestor of the Scythians according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a> told by Herodotus, with a transformation of the\u00a0<em>u<\/em>\u00a0and one\u00a0<em>To<\/em>\u00a0peculiar to the North Scythians: this name was previously pronounced *<em>Tar-\u03b3witaw<\/em>, title itself from *<em>Tur-hwatawah<\/em>\u00a0&quot;Mighty Sovereign&quot;. Herodotus (IV, 5-6) reports that Targitaos had three sons, Lipoxa\u00efs, Arpoxa\u00efs and Coloxa\u00efs. <\/p>\n<p>During their reign, three objects of gold fell from the sky, a plow and a yoke, an ax-<em>sagaris<\/em>\u00a0and a cut. The first two brothers wanted to take these objects, but they caught fire. They returned to Coloxais, who then had the title of king. These three objects represent the three functions recognized by Georges Dum\u00e9zil among all Indo-European peoples: the clerical function (the bowl), the warrior function (the ax) and the production function (the plow and the yoke). Having come into possession of these three objects, Coloxa\u00efs acquired a trifunctional character, like all Indo-European kings. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, linguists unanimously consider that the suffix\u00a0<em>-xa\u00efs<\/em>\u00a0reproduce the name <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-of-the-great-iran\/\">Iranian<\/a> of the king, who was\u00a0<em>xshaya-<\/em>\u00a0in avestic.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Scythe Wiki Voici l&rsquo;histoire de Coloxa\u00efs, fils de Targitaos. 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