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Deities — Iranian traditions

The deities filed under Iranian traditions.

Deities in Iranian traditions

Iranian plateau, Mesopotamia and the Roman frontier, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.

26 deities

Ahura Mazda Highest deity and creator deity of Zoroastrianism
Angra Mainyu Personification of the "destructive spirit" in Zoroastrianism
Greek and Roman Mitra Indo-Iranian divinity, later worshipped as the Zoroastrian Mithra and the Roman mystery god Mithras
Anahita Iranian goddess
Haoma Zoroastrian sacred plant and drink
Zurvan
Mithra Zoroastrian divinity of Contracts and Oaths, a form of Mitra and also worshipped in the Roman Empire as a mystery god of masculinity and the sun
Azhi Dahaka Mythical creature, a dragon div of Persian myth
Sraosha The Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity of "Obedience" or "Observance"
Tishtrya Zoroastrian divinity of Rain and the Star Sirius
Ameretat Zoroastrian divinity
Rashnu Zoroastrian divinity of Justice
Aka Manah Zoroastrian Daeva of evil mind
Jesus in Manichaeism Jesus considered to be one of the primary prophets and a redeeming and suffering cosmic figure in Manichaeism
Ardoksho Local Bactrian Goddess
Father of Greatness Eternal divine manifestation of good in Manichaeism
Mah Zoroastrian deity
Druj
Hayyi Rabbi Transcendental deity of the Mandaeans
Hvare-khshaeta Iranian Avestan divinity
Jesus the Splendor Pre-existent aspect of Jesus in Manichaeism
Krun Mandaean lord of the underworld
Greek and Roman Leontocephaline
Spenta Mainyu Zoroastrian deity
Astaphaios One of the archons in Gnosticism, portrayed as a son of Yaldabaoth in On the Origin of the World
Yao Deity in Gnosticism, regarded as a son of Yaldabaoth in On the Origin of the World

Iranian traditions

Zoroastrianism, the Mithraic mysteries, Manichaeism, Yazidism and the Mandaeans.

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