qravara

Updated: June 5, 2025

He may be recognized in Traitana, who is said in the Rig-Veda to have slain a mighty giant by severing his head from his shoulders. A third heroic personage known in the early times was Keresaspa, of the noble Sama family. The "glory" which had rested upon Yima so many years became his in his day. He slew Qravara, the queen and venomous serpent, who swallowed up men and horses.

George Rawlinson - The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: Media : The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.