Zurvan
Zervan (or Zervan ) is the creator god of , a form of Zoroastrianism . He is a personification of time and eternity.
He is the father of Ahura Mazda and his enemy Angra Mainyu .
His name comes from the Middle Persian term zurwan ("Time"), which derives from the Avestan zruva ("Time").
Words carved in stone that include the letters zrw(n) and zraovo were discovered. These words make people think that in Sogdiana and Bactria, Zurvan was worshipped like a main god.
In the third century, his name was used by the Manichaeans, for the father of greatness
Sources
L. Brisson: The figure of Chronos in Orphic theogony. In: D. Tiffeneau (Hrsg. ): Myths and representations of time. 1985, S.37-55
Richard L. Gordon: Zurvan . In: Der Neue Pauly (DNP). Band 12, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002,, Sp. 849 f.
S. Shaked: The Myth of Zurvan. In: I. Gruenewald ua (hrsg. ): Messiah and Christos. 1992, S.219-240
David Ulansey: Die Ursprunge des Mithraskultes. Theiss, Stuttgart 1998
Geo Widengren: Der Zervanismus. In: Iranische Geisteswelt von den Anfangen bis zum Islam. Holle, Baden-Baden 1961, (Lizenzausgabe fur den Bertelsmann Lesering) S. 77-108, insbesondere S. 83 f. ( Der Zeitgott und sein Mythos )
Robert C. Zaehner: Zurvan : a Zoroastrian dilemma. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1955
Other websites
Encyclopedia Iranica
http://www.farvardyn.com/zurvan.php Archive
Zoroastrianism