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On Zoroastrianism and Rhubarb…
According to certain Middle Persian Zoroastrian texts dealing with the creation of humankind, Mashya and Mashyana, the first human couple, first manifested on the earth as conjoined homunculi growing attached to a (ghostly) rhubarb plant. When Gayomart, the prototype of humanity, finally died as a result of the machinations of Ahriman the principle of evil and Jeh the demonic whore, he fell onto his left side and ejaculated onto the ground. The sun's rays gradually purified his semen, two parts being cared for by the messenger deity Neryosang and one part by Spendarmad, Amesha Spenta of the Earth. After the passage of forty years, Spendarmad's portion gave rise to the rhubarb plant bearing the human couple, who were then animated by the supreme deity Ohrmazd by means of the Farr ('kingly glory').