Thraetona, like Yima, appears to be also a Vedic hero.

He may be recognized in Traitana, who is said in the Rig-Veda to have slain a mighty giant by severing his head from his shoulders.
A third heroic personage known in the early times was Keresaspa, of the noble Sama family.

He was the son of Thrita--a distinct personage from Thraetona--and brother of Urvakh-shaya the Just and was bred up in the arid country of Veh-keret (Khorassan).

The "glory" which had rested upon Yima so many years became his in his day.

He was the mightiest among the mighty, and was guarded from all danger by the fairy (pairika) Enathaiti, who followed him whithersoever he went.