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Directory 26 of 4,089 deities
Deities — Iranian traditions
The deities filed under Iranian traditions.
Many names.
Many accounts.
Each one kept apart
Deities in Iranian traditions
Iranian plateau, Mesopotamia and the Roman frontier, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
26 deities
Most linked first
Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Ahura Mazda Highest deity and creator deity of Zoroastrianism -
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Iranian traditions
Zoroastrianism, the Mithraic mysteries, Manichaeism, Yazidism and the Mandaeans.