Ahura Mazda
Also called Urmuzd, Auharmazd, Ormazd, Ormuzd.
Ahura Mazda is the wise lord of Zoroastrian tradition, creator of the good creation and of light and order, whose entire cosmology is organised around his opposition to the destructive spirit.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Persian mythology
- Region
- Persia (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Two-Realmed
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Traits
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Utility powers
- Creation
why
Ahura Mazda — the name means something close to wise lord — is the supreme god of Zoroastrian tradition, the maker of the good creation and the source of light, truth, and order.
- Cosmic balance
why
The cosmology sets him against Angra Mainyu, the destructive spirit, and this pairing organises everything.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Father carries both readings
1 citation
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.