| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Combat | ATK 65 DEF 80 SPR 55 SPD 70 INT 60 |
| Rank | Arch-Daeva |
| Domain | Death, Pollution, Decay, Ritual Impurity |
| Alignment | Zoroastrian -- Evil |
| Weakness | Asha Vahishta (Truth) and fire purification |
| Counter | Purification rituals, sacred fire, cleanliness |
| Source | Vendidad 7-8 (extensive purity laws); Bundahishn |
“When a righteous person dies, the Druj Nasu rushes upon the body in the shape of a fly from the north.” — Vendidad 7:2
Lore: Druj Nasu (“Corpse Lie” or “Corpse Demoness”) is the daeva of death-pollution — the demonic force that seizes a body at the moment of death and makes it contagious with spiritual impurity. She takes the form of a fly and lands on the corpse from the direction of the north (the direction of hell in Zoroastrian cosmology). She is the reason Zoroastrians do not bury or cremate the dead — both would pollute earth and fire, sacred elements. Instead, the dead are placed in dakhmas (towers of silence) for vultures. She governs all forms of decay, disease, and ritual contamination.
Parallel: → Concepts of ritual impurity in Judaism. The elaborate Levitical purity laws concerning dead bodies (Numbers 19 — the red heifer purification ritual; Leviticus 21 — priests must avoid corpse contamination) share structural similarities with the Vendidad’s anti-Nasu rituals. The intensification of Jewish purity concepts in the post-exilic period may reflect Zoroastrian influence.
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