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Yazata (Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀) is the
Avestan word for a
Zoroastrian concept with a wide
range of
meanings but
generally signifying (or used as an epithet...
- in
lesser divinities known as
Yazatas, who
share some
similarities with the
angels in
Abrahamic religions.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita...
- and 23
Yazatas and in the
third month prayers are said for only 28 days (to
Ahura Mazda, the six
Amesha Spentas and up to
Zamyad Yazad, (
Yazata of the...
- 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra; Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miθraʰ) is an
ancient Iranian deity (
yazata) of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, contracts, and friendship...
- 𐬯𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀, səraoṣ̌a; Persian: سروش), is the
Avestan name of the
Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance",
which is also the
literal meaning of his...
- the
visible presence of
Ahura Mazda and his Asha
through the
eponymous Yazata. The
rituals for
purifying a fire are
performed 1,128
times a year.[citation...
- of all animals), Mithra,
Sraosha (Soroush,
yazata of prayer),
Rashnu (the Judge), Fravashi,
Bahram (
yazata of victory),
Raman (Ramesh
meaning peace),...
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Abrahamic religions Pre-Islamic
Arabian deities Jinn
Nabataean deities Persia Yazata, see also Proto-Indo-Iranian
religion Elam
Baltic deities Latvian deities...
- Apam
Napat is a
deity in the Indo-Iranian
pantheon ****ociated with water. His
names in the Vedas, Apām Napāt, and in Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt, mean "child...
- and comfort. As time p****ed, the
Iranians began to
address fire as Atas
Yazata (‘’fire divinity’’),
while rewarding it with
offerings in
return for its...
