citation_id,entity_id,source_id,work_title,locus,quote,translator,translation_year,source_url,evidence_grade,evidence_note,verified_on,verify_method,display_order,needs_review,review_reason,original_text_url CIT_ZOR_APAOSHA_AVESTA,ENT_ZOR_APAOSHA,SRC_AVESTA,The Zend-Avesta,Yasht 8.21-29,"It has to struggle against the Daeva of Drought, Apaosha, is first overcome and conquers at last. This seems to be a refacimento of the old storm myths, which have been in so far renewed as the role of the hero in the original myth has been transferred to a star. It is to be noticed, however, that Apaosha is not described as a planet. Tijtrya is Sirius \ It presides over the first month of summer (21 June-2i July).",Darmesteter & Mills (Sacred Books of the East),1887,https://archive.org/details/zendavesta02darm,primary-verbatim,,2026-06-18,name-anchored (note-keyword scored) + substring gate; locus per attestation,1,1,"OCR scan, located by name; verify wording and exact Yasna/Yasht locus against a clean edition.",