Zurvān
deity sky Zoroastrian single tradition · 2
Zurvān is a Zoroastrian deity of time with whom the Bactrian god Zhun has been connected by scholars. According to N. Sims-Williams, it is not unlikely that Zhun derives from the Iranian Zurwan.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 700
- Historical notes
- Explicitly attested in post-Sassanid Syriac and Armenian polemic such as that of Eznik of Kolb.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Zhun, leontocephaline
- co occurs with
- Ahura Mazda, Mithra, Angra Mainyu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Many scholars, have connected Zhun with the Zoroastrian deity Zurvān, the deity of time.”
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