Zoroastrianism For the fictional character in the Marvel Universe series, see Ahura comics for the river, see Akhurian River . Ahura is an Avestan language designation for a particular class of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian divinities. Etymology Avestan ahura derives from Proto Indo Iranian language Indo Iranian asura , also attested in an Indian context as RigVeda RigVedic asura . As suggested by the similarity to the Old Norse sir , Indo Iranian asura may have an even earlier Proto Indo European language Indo European root. It is commonly supposed ref Thieme, Paul 1960 , The Aryan Gods of the Mitanni Treaties , Journal of the American Oriental Society 80 4 308 Gershevitch, Ilya 1964 , Zoroaster s Own Contribution , Journal of Near Eastern Studies 23 1 23 Kuiper, Bernardus Franciscus Jacobus 1983 , Ahura , Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1, New York Routledge & Kegan Paul 682 ref that Indo Iranian Asura was the proper name of a specific divinity, with whom other divinities were then identified. For not altogether obvious reasons, the Oxford English Dictionary lists asura , rather than ahura , as a Zoroastrian term. In scripture In the Gathas In the Gathas , the oldest hymns of Zoroastrianism and thought to have been composed by Zoroaster himself, the poet exhorts his followers to pay reverence to only the ahura s, and to rebuff the daeva daeva s and others who act at Lie s command . This should ... of the divinities aside from Ahura Mazda he considers to be ahura s. In the Younger Avesta In the Fravaraneh ... defines ahura by defining what ahura is not. In the Younger Avesta , three divinities of the Zoroastrian pantheon are repeatedly identified as ahuric. These three are Ahura Mazda , Mithra and Apam ... of ahura . Zoroastrian divinities Yazata s and Amesha Spenta s References reflist 3 Bibliography ... Leiden year 1975 authorlink Mary Boyce citation chapter Ahura Mazda last Boyce first Mary title ... 371754 citation chapter Ahura last Kuiper first Bernardus Franciscus Jacobus title Encyclopaedia ... more details
Infobox comics character character name Ahura image http marvel.wikia.com index.php?title Ahura Boltagon Earth 9997 &image Ahura Boltagon 28Earth 9997 29 001 jpg caption Ahura a.k.a. Pope publisher Marvel Comics debut Marvel Graphic Novel The Inhumans 1988 in comics 1988 creators Ann Nocenti br Bret Blevins full name Ahura Boltagon species Inhumans homeworld optional alliances Inhumans Inhuman Royal Family aliases Pope supports optional powers Initially, hypersonic scream Later, his power evolves ... control Ahura is a fictional Character arts character that appears in the Marvel Universe and is a member of the Inhumans species. Ahura was created by Ann Nocenti and Bret Blevins and first makes an appearance in Marvel Graphic Novel The Inhumans 1988 . Fictional character history Ahura is the son ... to Hell itself. Although Brandy is murdered by Mephisto comics Mephisto in the escape, Ahura ... with contempt. However, Silent War revealed that Ahura has been locked away for years because he ... to see him but she visits him twice. The first time, Ahura chastised her for allowing this to happen ... taken away Ahura s anger and violence, but left him in an over sedated state. Medusa than asked ... War 4 ref Maximus freed Ahura and instructed Luna to remove his mental blocks as she did on Maximus. ref Silent War 5 ref When it came to the Secret Invasion , Ahura was later revealed to have been captured by the Skrulls who replaced the boy by a Skrull agent. Eventually the Skrull Ahura was defeated by Maximus. ref Secret Invasion Inhumans 2 ref Ahura was held captive on Skrull ship, watched by a Skrull whose powers were specifically designed to neutralize telepathy. Ahura was forced to watch ... Secret Invasion Inhumans 4 ref During the War of Kings and other recent appearances, Ahura has been ... In the Earth X Universe X Paradise X series, the grown up Ahura becomes the Black Knight comics ... characters introduced in 1988 Category Inhumans Category Marvel Comics superheroes it Ahura ... more details
Hurmuz may refer to Hormuz Urmuz , Romanian writer, lawyer and civil servant Ahura Mazda The Kingdom of Ormus disambig Category Given names ... more details
of identifying water with wisdom Avestan Ahura Mazda mazda . The ahurani s as described as bringers ... s, the wives of Varuna . These parallels are one of the points of comparison for the theory that Ahura Mazda and Varuna both descend from a common predecessor see Ahura Mazda for details . Bibliography ... more details
for the Zoroastrian deity Ahura Mazda Aramazd is the principal deity in Armenia s pre Christianity Christian pantheon. He displaced Vanatur at the top of the pantheon after interaction with the Persians led to the Armenians identifying the Zoroastrians Ahura Mazda as their prime deity. Aramazd was considered the father of all gods and goddesses, the creator of heaven and earth. The first two letters in his name AR are the Proto Indo European language Indo European root for sun, light, and life. He was the source of earth s fertility, making it fruitful and bountiful. The celebration in his honor was called Amanor, or New Year, which was celebrated on March 21 in the old Armenian calendar also the Spring equinox . Aramazd was a syncretic deity, a combination of the autochthonous Armenian legendary figure Ara the Beautiful Ara and the Iranic Ahura Mazda . In Hellinistic period Aramazd in Armenia was compared with Greek Zeus . The principal temple of Aramazd was in Ani Kamakh in modern Turkey , a cultural and administrative center of ancient Armenia. The temple had been ruined at the end of the 3rd c. AD, after the adoption of Christianity in Armenia as state religion . See also Ahura Mazda Hayk Anahit Vahagn Astghik External links and references http www.tacentral.com mythology.asp Armenian Mythology from the Tour Armenia site Category Fertility gods Category Creator gods Category Armenian gods europe myth stub eo Aramazdo fr Aramazd hy id Aramazd lt Aramazdas pt Aramazd ru sv Aramazd uk ... more details
Burz is the middle Persian name for the Indo Iranian divinity of waters. Burz is also known as Ahura Berezant in the texts of the Avesta , and also as Apam Napat in Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit . Burz is a Yazad Avestan Yazata in Zoroastrianism and later Persian mythology . Mary Boyce suggests that the proto Iranian Apam Napat incorporated many of the features of a proto Indo Iranian equivalent of Varuna vouruna , who in turn may be the Vouru ka a luminous ocean of Persian mythology. In Persian mythology, Apam Napat has also some military aspects and is said to keep rebellion in check. In fiction Tolkien used the word b rz to mean dark in one of his invented languages the Black Speech . See also Apam Napat References cite encyclopedia title Ahura last Kuiper first B. F. J encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Iranica year 2002 location New York publisher Mazda Pub cite encyclopedia title Ahura Mazda last Boyce first Mary encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Iranica year 2002 location New York publisher Mazda Pub Category Persian mythology Category Yazatas Zoroastrianism stub MEast myth stub fa ... more details
Hormuz IPA en h r mu z is distorted from the Persian Ohrmuzd , meaning Ahura Mazda . It can refer to The Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf Hormuz Island , an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf Hormuz District , an administrative subdivision of Iran Hormuz, Iran , a city on the island and in the district The Kingdom of Ormus disambig ca Hormuz de Hormus es Ormuz ko id Hormuz it Hormuz disambigua pl Ormuz ru tr H rm z anlam ayr m ... more details
Mazda may refer to Mazda , a Japanese automobile manufacturer Ahura Mazda , the primary deity of Zoroastrianism Mazda light bulb , a trademarked name used on incandescent light bulbs disambig Category Persian words and phrases de Mazda Begriffskl rung fr Mazda homonymie ja pt Mazda desambigua o sv Mazda olika betydelser zh Mazda ... more details
Zoroastrian cosmology is divided in four periods of 3,000 years. Zoroaster was born in the beginning of the fourth period, to be succeeded at the end of each next millennium by a new saviour. When Saoshyant , the third and last saviour would come the last judgment and the creation of a new world. ref http books.google.com books?id ZP f9icf2roC Merriam Webster s encyclopedia of world religions . Pp. 1166. ref Creation of the universe main Zoroastrianism According to the Zoroastrian creation myth story of creation , Ahura Mazda existed in light in goodness above, while Angra Mainyu existed in darkness and ignorance below. They have existed independently of each other for all time, and manifest contrary substances. Ahura Mazda first created seven abstract heavenly beings called Amesha Spenta s , who support him and represent beneficent aspects, along with numerous yazads , lesser beings worthy of worship. He then created the universe itself in order to ensnare evil. Ahura Mazda created the floating, egg shaped universe in two parts first the spiritual menog and 3,000 years later, the physical getig . Ahura Mazda then created Keyumars Gayomard , the archetypical perfect man, and the first bull. ref name Cavendish Citation title Mythology an Illustrated Encyclopedia pages 40 45 first1 Richard last1 Cavendish first2 Trevor Oswald last2 Ling publisher Rizzoli year 1980 isbn 0847802868 url http books.google.com books?id GdEnAAAAYAAJ ref While Ahura Mazda created the universe and mankind, Angra Mainyu, whose instinct is to destroy, miscreated demons, evil yazads , and noxious creatures khrafstar such as snakes, ants, and flies. Angra Mainyu created an opposite, evil being for each good being, except for humans, which he found he could not match. Angra Mainyu invaded the universe through the base of the sky, inflicting Keyumars Gayomard and the bull with suffering and death. However, the evil forces were trapped in the universe and could not retreat. The dying primordial man ... more details
Ahriyan is the name of a people from Tonya and Beshikd z Trabzon . The name was given by Salpazar Oghuz Turks Turkoman s. It means native Anatolia n, Greek people Greek origin or not Turkoman . It also means oppressive, heartless when used as an adjective. In the Turkish language , ahriyan means valuable, beautiful clothe . The ahriyan name Pomak for Muslims who live in the Balkan s and speak Bulgarian language Bulgarian , was given by Turkmens because they are not of Turkey Turkish ancestry. There is a place called Ahriyan in Xanthi ske e city in West Thrace Greece . Word anthropology The word ahriyan derives from the Persian language Persian word Ahura Mazda . Ahura Mazda is a twin soul to Angra Mainyu , who consciously chooses badness, and so creates death. The main theme is the war between Angra Mainyu and Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian theology which is an antique Iran religion. In Sasanies times the common language was mid term Persian Pahlavi and Angra Mainyu was called ahriman in this language. At least after a thousand year oral tradition, in twenty one part Avesta which was probably written in B.C. 6, angra means enemy, sin, bad and mainyu mainy ush, mainy , mainyush, mainy means soul, invisibility, spiritual. Although it is used common ahriman forms in Anatolia, there appear to be uncommon ahriman forms in Salpazar which has Alevi lik partisan of the caliph Ali features. References zhan zt rk Black Sea Enyclopedic Dictionary . Karadeniz Ansiklopedik S zl k. 2. Cilt. Heyamola Publishing. Istanbul. 2005. ISBN 975 6121 00 9. Category Turkish culture Category Turkish folklore ... more details
to the great six divine sparks of Ahura Mazda . In Zoroastrian tradition, these are the first six ... for all other compounds, including Ahura Mazda only in the Younger Avesta are these unambiguously ... view of creation, the group of the Amesha Spenta is extended to include Ahura Mazda , together with or represented ... Spenta is usually understood to include only great six. In Yasna 44.7, 31.3, and 51.7, Ahura ... this Bounteous Force , Creative Emanation , or Holy Spirit that Ahura Mazda is immanent in humankind ... domain Ahura Mazda Middle Persian Ahura Mazda Ohrmazd NP H rmuzd together with, or represented by, Spenta ... and holy. It not only includes the Ahuraahura s a term that in the Gathas is also used in the plural but only includes Ahura Mazda by name , but also all the other divinities that are alluded ... as abstract aspects of Ahura Mazda, but also worthy of reverence themselves, and personified or represented in all material things. The relationship between Ahura Mazda and the Amesha Spenta is an altogether subtle one. In Yasna 31.11 of the Gathas, Ahura Mazda is said to have created the universe with his thought . In other passages such as Yasna 45.4, Ahura Mazda is described as the metaphorical .... In particular, the relationship between Ahura Mazda and Spenta Mainyu is multifaceted and complex ... name Boyce AhuraMazda citation chapter Ahura Mazda last Boyce first Mary title Encyclopaedia Iranica ... spirit and physical manifestation are not separable, and that a reverence of any of Ahura Mazda s creations ... more details
Ashura may refer to Ashura, meaning wikt tenth tenth in Arabic The Day of Ashura , 10th day of Muharram , day of mourning in Shi a Islam King Ashura , character from the manga series Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Baron Ashura , a character from the anime series Mazinger Z Ashura 2005 film a 2005 Japanese horror film See also Ashur god , ancient Assyrian tyrant Ashur disambiguation , other uses of that term Asura , group of Hindu deities Ahura Disambig de Ashura es Ashura desambiguaci n ... more details
ref improve date May 2011 Spirit of God may refer to Holy Spirit , a general discussion Holy Spirit Christianity Seven Spirits of God , Book of Revelation Holy Spirit Judaism Holy Spirit Islam Paraclete Christianity Ahura Mazda Zoroastrianism Brahman Hinduism Great Spirit Indigenous peoples of the Americas Gitche Manitou Algonquian languages Maid of Heaven Baha i faith Naam Sikhism Qi Taoism Tian Confucianism The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning , Latter Day Saint hymn See also Inner light Shekhinah Holy Spirit disambiguation Ruha d Qudsha disambig Category Biblical phrases Category God Category Lists of deities Category Religion related lists Category Pneumatology ... more details
York. The Inhumans sought to recover Ahura comics Ahura , the son of Black Bolt and Medusa, for the Genetics Council. Ahura was convinced to return to Attilan peaceably, but the Chief Justice of the Genetics Council betrayed the rest of the Inhumans to usurp Ahura s power for himself. The evil Inhumans ... more details
, 57.15 etc. . She is said to have been the first in all of creation to adore Ahura Mazda and the Amesha ... 11.0 . Sraosha teaches the word of Ahura Mazda to mankind 11.14 . The poor look to her for support ... of the bloody mace, Sraosha s standard epithet is darshi.dru of the strong Ahura Ahuric mace. Asmussen ... more details
addressed to the Omniscient Creator Ahura Mazda . These verses, devotional in character, expound ... exhorts his audience to live a life as Ahura Mazda has directed, and pleads to Ahura Mazda to intervene ... the teachings of Ahura Mazda, and the subsequent rejection by his kinsmen. This and other rejection led him to have doubts about his message, and in the Gathas he asked for assurance from Ahura ... you, Ahura Mazda O Mazda Ahura ? 46.1 Zoroaster asks Mazda for blessings I approach you with good thought, O Mazda Ahura, so that you may grant me the blessing of two existences i.e. physically and mentally ... put your support in comfort. 28.2 With these entreaties, O Mazda Ahura, may we not anger you, nor Asha ... bringer of invigorations, and you hold the power over benefits. I ask you, O Ahura, about ... for food. 48.5 Rhetorical questions posed by Zoroaster This I ask you, O Ahura, tell me truly ... for all, is the healer of existence, our ally, you , O Mazda. 44.2 This I ask you, O Ahura, tell me .... I ask for the invigorating Ashi Reward of Truth , which Mazda Ahura has devised. 54.1 Zoroaster ... more details
from its primordial nature, as Ahura Mazda articulated the prayer immediately before creating the material ... and summation of the belief in Ahura Mazda, the seed of seeds of the reckoning of the religion ... of the yatha ahu vairyo is the first manifestation of the luminaries that Ahura Mazda created. 12.13 14 in articulating the formula, Ahura Mazda made his ultimate triumph evident to the evil spirit ... the poor makes Ahura king. A translation from the Avestan language Old Avestan by Windfuhr Whereas ... in Good Faith Mind is yielded to Mazda, and the Power of the Ahura whom they shall assign as pastor ..., as an establisher of the works of Good Mind in the world and the sovereignty is Ahura Mazda s whom ... more details
Vourukasha is the name of a heavenly sea in Zoroastrian mythology. It was created by Ahura Mazda and in its middle stood the Harvisptokhm or the tree of all seeds . ref name vendidadp54 Darmesteter Darmesteter , Pg 54 ref In mythology According to the Vendidad , Ahura Mazda sent the clean waters of Vourukasha down to the earth in order to cleanse the world and sent the water back to the heavenly sea Puitika . ref name vendidadp54 This phenomenon was later interpreted as the coming and going of the tide. ref name vendidadp54 At the centre of Vourukasha was located, the Harvisptokhm or tree of all seeds which contain the seeds of all plants in the world. ref name vendidadp54 There is a bird Sinamru on the tree which causes the bought to break and seeds to sprinkle all around when it alights. ref name vendidadp54 At the center of the Vourukasha also grows the Gaokerena or White Haoma , considered to be the king of healing plants . ref name vendidadplxix Darmesteter Darmesteter , Introduction, Pg lxix ref It is surrounded by ten thousand other healing plants. ref name vendidadplxix Later Allusions In later times, Vourukasha was connected with the Arabian Sea and the Puitika with the Gulf of Oman . ref name vendidadp54 Notes reflist 2 References cite id Darmesteter cite book title Sacred Books of the East The Sacred Books of the East , Vol 4 Zend Avesta The Zend Avesta , Part I Vendidad The Vendidad first James last Darmesteter authorlink James Darmesteter publisher Oxford University Press year 1880 cite Category Zoroastrianism Category Seas fa ... more details
Cleanup date April 2008 Context date December 2007 Unreferenced section date April 2008 Druaga refers to a Babylonian Sumerian religion Sumerian deity, who was ruler of the underworld . Druaga is occasionally used as an alternative name for the evil Zoroastrian deity, Ahriman , enemy of the god Ahura Mazda . Popular Media The Namco video game series The Tower of Druaga pits the hero Gilgamesh against the demon Druaga whilst on a quest to obtain the Blue Crystal Rod and save the Priestess of Ishtar, Ki. ref Namco 1984 multi console ref Also, the game Tales of Phantasia has several Druaga legend artifacts, including the Blue Crystal Rod. ref December 15, 1995 Super Famicon version ref In Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Druaga is part of the Babylonian pantheon and is the god of devils. ref 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Legends and Lore ref References Reflist Category Mesopotamian deities myth stub es Druaga ... more details
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1. Yasna 35 , style width 7em 10 verses, Praise to Ahura and the Immortals Amesha Spenta Amesha Spenta s Prayer for the practice and diffusion of the faith 2. Yasna 36 , 6 verses, To Ahura and the Fire Atar 3. Yasna 37 , 5 verses, To Ahura, the holy Creation, the Fravashi s of the Just ... 40 , 4 verses, Prayers for Helpers 7. Yasna 41 , 6 verses, Prayer to Ahura as the King ... more details
Zoroastrianism Zand i wahman yasn Persian is a middle Persian book, written in the 6th century. The Bahman Yasht, ref W. Sundermann, BAHMAN YA T in Encyclopaedia Iranica. Accessed link at Nov 2010 at http www.iranicaonline.org articles bahman yast middle persian apocalyptical text ref usually called the Zand of the Voh man Yast , professes to be a prophetical work, in which Ahura Mazda gives Zoroaster an account of what was to happen to the Persian people and their Zoroastrianism religion in the future. Notes references See also Middle Persian Middle Persian literature Zoroastrianism External links http www.sacred texts.com zor sbe05 sbe0506.htm An overview of Bahman Yasht http www.avesta.org mp vohuman.html Text of the Bahman Yasht on Avesta.org English translation Zoroastrian literature Category Persian literature Category Zoroastrian texts fa ... more details
Wiktionary File Khudainurdu.png thumb The word Khuda in Nastaliq script Khuda or Khoda lang fa is the Persian language Persian word for Lord or monotheistic God , formerly used for Ahura Mazda , and today for God in Islam by Persian speakers, and as a loanword in Urdu and Hindi . The term is originally from a Middle Persian honorific. Etymology The term derives from Middle Iranian xvatay, xwadag meaning lord , ruler , master written as Parthian language Parthian kwdy , Middle Persian kwdy , Sogdian kwdy , etc. . It is the Middle Iranian reflex of Avestan x sup v sup a dhata self defined autocrat , an epithet of Ahura Mazda . Menog i Khirad also has Zaman i derang xvatay epithet of Time, i.e. Zurvanism Zurvan The Pashto language Pashto term Xwd i is a New Iranian cognate. Prosaic usage is found for example in the Sassanid title katak xvatay to denote the head of a clan or extended household, or in the title of the 6th century Khwaday Namag Book of lords , from which the tales of Kayanian dynasty Kayanian kings as found in the Shahnameh Book of kings derive. Zoroastrianism Semi religious usage appears for example in the epithet zaman i derang xvatay Zurvanism time of the long dominion , as found in the Menog i Khirad . The fourth and eighty sixth entry of the Pazand prayer titled Sad o yak nam i khoda 101 Names of God , reading, Harvesp Khoda Lord of All and Khudawand Lord of the Universe , respectively, are compounds involving Khuda . ref Edalji Kers spji Anti , Pazend texts , Bombay 1909, pp. 335 337. http www.archive.org details pzendtexts00antiuoft ref Application of khuda as the Lord Ahura Mazda is represented in the first entry in the medieval Frahang i Pahlavig . Islamic usage In Islamic times the term came to be used for God in Islam , paralleling the Arabic Names of God in Islam name of God Al Malik King, Lord, Master . The phrase Khuda Hafiz meaning May God be your Guardian is a parting phrase commonly used in Persian language Persian , Kurdish ... more details
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