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Apam Napat is an eminent figure of the Indo-Iranian pantheon. In the Rig Veda, Apām Napāt is the supreme god of creation. ''Apam Napat'' created all existential beings (Rig Veda 2.35.2)() . In Zoroastrianism, ''Apąm Napāt'' is a divinity of water (see also Burz). ''Apām Napāt'' in Sanskrit and ''Apąm Napāt'' in Avestan mean "son of waters" (see Ap (water)). Sanskrit and Avestan ''napāt'' ("grandson") are cognate to Latin ''nepōs'' and English ''nephew'', but the name Apām Napāt has also been compared to Etruscan Nethuns and Celtic Nechtan and Roman Neptune〔Philibert, Myriam, ''Les Mythes préceltiques''. Monaco: Éditions du Rocher, 1997, pp. 244-247.〕 In Yasht 19 of the Avesta ''Apąm Napāt'' appears as the Creator of mankind. Here, there is an evident link between the glory of sovereignty (Khvarenah) and ''Apąm Napāt'' who protects ''Khvarenah'' as the royal glory of Iranian kings. ''Apām Napāt'' is sometimes, for example in Rigveda book 2 hymn 35 verse 2, described as the supreme creator deity who originates in the cosmic waters (''see'': Agni). ''Apam Napat'' has a golden splendour and is said to be kindled by the cosmic waters. The reference to fire may have originally referred to flames from natural gas or oil seepages surfacing through water, as in a fire temple at Surakhany near Baku in Azerbaijan ((Jivanji Jamshedji Modi 1926 )). There is a conjecture that the word "naphtha" came (via Greek, where it meant any sort of petroleum) from the name "Apam Napat".〔(Studies in ancient technology by R. J. Forbes ) (page 12)〕 ==References== 〔 3 http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv02035.htm 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apam Napat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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