Iranian / Pashto / Tajik--------------------------------------------------Bon

Iranian / Pashto / Tajik------------------------------------Bon

GESAR-to^ra (Bundahis^n 31:7)	GESAR
*"bear"-folk (Bundahis^n* 23:1)**	*"bear"-bag (TGS* VII.B.II.b.ii.A)**
Kapila ("brown")-vastu = Kabul, Afghanistan	DMu (brown deities)
*Tajik "ties knots in threads" (ShCA, p. 153)*	ju thig "knotted cord"
*Descending underground via staircase to find jewel-trees there (Aladdin, sent by a Zarathustrian, in 1001 Nights)*	*Descending underground via staircase to find tree there (UBT, p. 62, fn. 27)*
*ASURA (Ahura) Mazda was giver of revelation.	*ASURA rite text (UBT, p. 64)*

Bundahis^n in:-- E.W. West (transl.): Pahlavi Texts. Oxford U. Pr, 1880.

TGS = SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, U. OF LONDON: LONDON ORIENTAL SERIES, Vol. 26. Samtem G. Karmay: The Treasury of Good Sayings. Oxford U. Pr, 1972.

ShCA = V. Basilov: "Shamanism in Central Asia." In:-- Agehananda Bharati: The Realm of the Extra-Human: Agents and Audiences. Mouton, The Hague, 1976.

UBT = BRILL'S TIBETAN STUDIES LIBRARY, Volume 1. Dan Martin: Unearthing Bon Treasures. Brill, Leiden, 2001.