Quotes:Thraetaona

H. P. Blavatsky

Thrætaona. The Persian Michael, who contended with Zohak or Azhi‐Dahaka, the destroying serpent. In the Avesta Azhi‐Dahaka is a three‐headed monster, one of whose heads is human, and the two others Ophidian. Dahaka, who is shown in the Zoroastrian Scriptures as coming from Babylonia, stands as the allegorical symbol of the Assyrian dynasty of King Dahaka (Az‐Dahaka) which ruled Asia with an iron hand, and whose banners bore the purple sign of the dragon, Purpureum signum draconis. Metaphysically, however, the human head denotes the physical man, and the two serpent heads the dual manasic principles — the dragon and serpent both standing as symbols of wisdom and occult powers.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Thraetaona