Ahura Mazda

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Ahura Mazda is the supreme god of wisdom, light, and goodness in Zoroastrianism, revered as the creator and highest divine being.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ahura Mazda canonical 25
Ahura Mazda in some comparative studies 1
Ohrmazd 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian deity
creator deity
deity
supreme god
associatedWith cosmic order
order
righteousness
truth
centralText Avesta
centralTextSection Avesta
surface form: Gathas
consideredBy Zoroaster as the one supreme god
cosmicFunction creator of all that is good
source of asha
upholder of moral order
culture Iranian
domain heaven
ethicalIdeal good deeds
good thoughts
good words
gender male
hasAspect Amesha Spentas
hasTitle Lord of Wisdom
influenced later Abrahamic conceptions of a single supreme god
inscribedIn Behistun Inscription
languageOfName Avestan language
surface form: Avestan
meaningOfName Wise Lord
mentionedBy Darius I of Persia
surface form: Darius I

Xerxes I
moralAlignment good
opposedBy Angra Mainyu
opposes druj
otherName Hormazd
Ahura Mazda
surface form: Ohrmazd

Angra Mainyu
surface form: Ormazd
religion Zoroastrianism
revealedTo Zoroaster
role creator of the universe
god of goodness
god of light
god of wisdom
supreme god of Zoroastrianism
symbolicAssociation fire
sun
timePeriodOfMajorCult Achaemenid Empire
veneratedAs lord of light
source of wisdom
worshippedIn Persia
surface form: ancient Persia

modern Zoroastrian communities
worshipPractice invoked in daily prayers by Zoroastrians
worshipType monotheistic focus in Zoroastrianism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avesta centralDeity Ahura Mazda
Zoroaster associatedDeity Ahura Mazda
Zoroastrianism centralDeity Ahura Mazda
Zoroastrianism worships Ahura Mazda
Artaxerxes II patronDeity Ahura Mazda
legendary Pishdadian dynasty linkedMythicFigure Ahura Mazda
subject surface form: Pishdadian dynasty
Behistun Inscription dedicatedTo Ahura Mazda
Iranian mythology hasCentralFigure Ahura Mazda
Ganjnameh inscriptions dedicatedTo Ahura Mazda
Hindu god Varuna equatedWith Ahura Mazda
subject surface form: Varuna
this entity surface form: Ahura Mazda in some comparative studies
Yasna devotedTo Ahura Mazda
Visperad associatedWith Ahura Mazda
Vendidad associatedDeity Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda otherName Ahura Mazda
this entity surface form: Ohrmazd
asha associatedWith Ahura Mazda
subject surface form: Asha
Iranian Zoroastrians mainDeity Ahura Mazda
Ancient Iran majorDeity Ahura Mazda
Angra Mainyu opposedTo Ahura Mazda
Spenta Mainyu associatedWith Ahura Mazda
Amesha Spentas associatedWith Ahura Mazda
Amesha Spentas centralFigure Ahura Mazda
Saoshyant associatedDeity Ahura Mazda
Faravahar associatedWith Ahura Mazda
Chinvat Bridge relatedToDeity Ahura Mazda