Oesho

Connections to several contemporaneous deities worshipped by neighbouring cultures have been suggested.

• During the Kushan era, Oesho was often linked to the Hindu concept of Ishvara, which was embodied by the god Shiva;^[3] Oesho may share the same etymology as Ishvara and/or represent a variant of the word in the Bactrian language spoken by the Kushans.^[4][5]
• Similarities have retrospectively been identified with the Avestan Vayu.^[6][7]
• Some later representations, evidently influenced by Greco-Bactrian culture, depict Oesho with a trishula, the traditional implement of Shiva, similar to a trident that is part of Poseidon's iconography.^[8]

The consort of Oesho was Ommo ("ΟΜΜΟ", Umā), as shown on a coin type of Kushan ruler Huvishka with, on the reverse, the divine couple Ommo ("ΟΜΜΟ", Umā) holding a flower, and Oesho ("ΟΗϷΟ", Shiva) with four arms holding attributes.^[9][10]

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  Coin of Huvishka with deity Oesho ("ΟΗϷΟ", Shiva).^[11]
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  Coinage of Kushan ruler Huvishka with, on the reverse, the divine couple Ommo ("ΟΜΜΟ", Umā) holding a flower, and Oesho ("ΟΗϷΟ", Shiva) with four arms holding attributes. Circa 150-180 CE.^[12][13]
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  Oesho, with a second human face, and the head of a horned animal, on a coin of Vasudeva I
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  Coin of the Kushan king Kanishka II with, on the reverse, a depiction of Oesho and the word "Oesho" in modified Greek script.
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  Kushan worshipper with Oesho, Bactria, 3rd century CE.^[14]