Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda is a god in the Avesta. He is associated with the epithet "vaōurucašānē" ("wide of eye").
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Avestan period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Arma, Zaden, Santush, Tetri Giorgi, Moon, Amesha Spentas, Şêşims, Sulis, Tabiti, Haoma, Aeshma, Bushyasta, Arshtat, Vayu-Vata, Verethragna, Nairyosangha, Khvarenah, Peshotanu, akem manah, Aži Dahaka, Paitisha, God, Zeus, Sūrya, Zojz, Helios, Mitra, Varuna, Grian, Vahagn, Savitr, Dyaus, Wōdan, Saulė, Api, Rashnu, Sraosha, daevas, Hvare-khshaeta, Baal, Astaroth, Astarte, Diana, Athena, Asclepius, Ahriman, Zurvān, Iblis, Shamash, Aredvi Sura Anahita, Ištar, Artemis (Diana)
- allied with
- Fravashis, Mithra, Anāhitā, Tishtrya, Ahura Berezant
- consort of
- Armaiti
- enemy of
- Angra Mainyu
- parent of
- Spenta Armaiti, Armaiti
- aspect of
- Marduk
- served by
- spenta mainyu
Mentioned by
and 21 more
Sources
Source passages
“Moreover, Varuna is connected with the epithet "viśvávedāḥ" ("वि॒श्ववे॑दा॒," "all-knowing") and "urucákṣasam" ("wide of eye"), the latter of which may parallel the Avestan epithet "vaōurucašānē" ("wide of eye"), which is ascribed to the god Ahura Mazda.”
#15632 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the great god Ahura Mazda created him to be the most important being worthy of veneration (yazata)”
#16932 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In these hymns, the phases of the moon are described at length. Ahura Mazda is described to be the cause of the moon's waxing and waning, and the Amesha Spentas evenly distribute the light of the moon over the earth.”
#19359 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Artaxerxes II's devotion to Anahita is most apparent in his inscriptions, where her name appears directly after that of Ahura Mazda and before that of Mithra. Artaxerxes' inscription at Susa reads: "By the will of Ahura Mazda, Anahita, and Mithra I built this palace.”
#22903 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“both Angra Mainyu and Spenta Mainyu were created by Ahura Mazda, and should be regarded as his respective 'creative' and 'destructive' emanations.”
#22994 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5