Deity Iranian traditions
Ahura Mazda
اهورامزدا fa
Highest deity and creator deity of Zoroastrianism
- Child of Zurvan
Overview
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 4
Kinship in an account 4
- child of (child) Zurvan
- parent of (child) Mitra Indo-Iranian divinity, later worshipped as the Zoroastrian Mithra and the Roman mystery god Mithras
- parent of (child) Tishtrya Zoroastrian divinity of Rain and the Star Sirius
- sibling of Angra Mainyu personification of the "destructive spirit" in Zoroastrianism
Connections
Identification 3
- God principal object of faith in monotheistic religions, a divine entity that created and typically supervises all existence
- God the Father in Christianity, the first of the three persons of the Trinity, who begets the Son and from whom the Holy Spirit proceeds
- Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
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