Hvare-khshaeta
deity sky Zoroastrian single tradition · 4
In Zoroastrian religion Hvare-khshaeta is described as the eye of Ahura Mazda.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Zoroastrian religion.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Şêşims, Sulis, Ahura Mazda, Haoma, Aeshma, Bushyasta, Apollo, Sūrya, Dielli, Sol, Helios, Savitr, God, Zeus, Zojz, Mitra, Varuna, Grian, Vahagn, horses, Mithra, Angra Mainyu, Saulė
- syncretized with
- Shamash
Mentioned by
- Apollo
- Sūrya
- Dielli
- Sol
- Helios
- Savitr
- God
- Zeus
- Zojz
- Mitra
- Varuna
- Grian
- Vahagn
- horses
- Mithra
- Angra Mainyu
and 1 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“in Zoroastrian religion Hvare-khshaeta is described as the eye of Ahura Mazda”
#15616 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hvare-khshaeta (Hvarə-xšaēta, Huuarə-xšaēta) is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian yazata (divinity) of the "Radiant Sun".”
#16684 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mithra is distinct from the divinity of the Sun, Hvare-khshaeta (literally "Radiant Sun", from which the Middle Persian word Khorshed for the Sun)”
#16943 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Germanic Sol, Sanskrit Surya, Avestan Hvare-khshaeta, Greek Helios, Lithuanian Saulė”
#17288 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001