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

syncretized with
Shamash

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Sources

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