Chinvat Bridge

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Zoroastrian eschatological concept mythological bridge religious concept

Chinvat Bridge is the Zoroastrian mythological bridge of judgment that souls must cross after death, separating the world of the living from the afterlife.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chinvat Bridge canonical 2
Crossing of the Sirat bridge 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian eschatological concept ⓘ
mythological bridge ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
alignedWith Ṛta ⓘ
surface form: Asha (truth, order)
alsoKnownAs Bridge of Judgment ⓘ
Činvat Bridge ⓘ
associatedWithConcept afterlife ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
hell ⓘ
judgment of the soul ⓘ
category Zoroastrian eschatology ⓘ
afterlife places ⓘ
mythological bridges ⓘ
consequenceOfFalling descent into a hellish realm ⓘ
cosmicRole axis between earthly existence and spiritual realms ⓘ
cosmologicalLocation boundary between the material and spiritual worlds ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
describedIn Avesta ⓘ
Pahlavi texts ⓘ
eschatologicalStage individual judgment after death ⓘ
fateOfRighteous bridge becomes wide and easy to cross ⓘ
fateOfWicked bridge becomes narrow and difficult to cross ⓘ
function bridge of judgment for souls after death ⓘ
influenced later Iranian eschatological ideas ⓘ
judgmentBy Mithras ⓘ
surface form: Mithra

Rashnu ⓘ
Sraosha ⓘ
judgmentCriterion balance of good and evil deeds ⓘ
languageOfName Avestan ⓘ
moralPrinciple punishment of evil deeds ⓘ
reward of good deeds ⓘ
opposedBy forces of Druj (falsehood) ⓘ
relatedConcept Daena (personified conscience) ⓘ
relatedToDeity Ahura Mazda ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
roleInEschatology determines fate of souls after death ⓘ
separates afterlife ⓘ
world of the living ⓘ
symbolizes divine justice ⓘ
moral discernment ⓘ
transition from life to afterlife ⓘ
timeOfJudgment immediately after death ⓘ
traditionType Zoroastrian myth and theology ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Zoroastrianism → hasConcept → Chinvat Bridge ⓘ
Iranian mythology → hasConcept → Chinvat Bridge ⓘ
the Hereafter → associatedEvent → Chinvat Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crossing of the Sirat bridge