Adar
angelic intermediate Zoroastrian single tradition · 2
Adar is a Zoroastrian angelic being who, along with Sarosh, guides the righteous Viraf to see the reality of God and the archangels and the non-reality of Ahriman and the demons.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Book of Arda Viraf, a Pahlavi text from the 9th–12th century period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Adrammelech, Anammelech, Nam-tar, Hadad, Baal, Anu, Angra Mainyu, Ahriman, Jeh, Ohrmuzd
- allied with
- Sarosh
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“In the Book of Arda Viraf 5.10, the narrator – the 'righteous Viraf' – is taken by Sarosh and Adar to see 'the reality of God and the archangels, and the non-reality of Ahriman and the demons'”
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“Both Adar and Anu, Anuv are very frequently mentioned deities of Assyria. Adar, originally pronounced A-tar, is a word of Akkadian origin and means 'father of decision'.”
#25682 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5