Imra

According to the supplied sources, Imra was the chief creator deity of the Nuristanis prior to their conversion to Islam. He was believed to have created the earth and to have produced, by his breath, the three other principal deities of the local pantheon: Mon, Gish and Bagisht. Etymological discussion in the source material treats Imra (and regional reflexes such as Imro/Yum) as a local reflex of the Indo‑Iranian figure Yama (Sanskrit Yama-rāja via a Middle Indo-Aryan form *Yam(a)rāy(a)), a hypothesis used to explain the name-forms and the association with rulership of the dead.

The provided sources do not record any consistent iconography, anthropomorphic description, or other physical attributes for Imra. No specific clothing, animal associations, colors, or visual depictions are cited in the material supplied. Regional name-forms (Waigali yamrai; Kalash/Urtsun imbro; Ashkun imra; Prasun yumr'a) are attested linguistically but the sources do not use those cognates to reconstruct a visual form.

Sources attribute to Imra cosmological creative power—the creation of the earth and the creation of the three other main deities by his breath—and a regulatory, custodial function over the realm of the dead: he is described as guardian of the gates of a subterranean hell, preventing the return of the dead to the world of the living. Beyond these two roles (creator and underworld gatekeeper) the supplied materials do not list additional powers, actions, or temperamental traits.