Ahura Mazda

### Titles

Lord of Wisdom, Lord of the Wisdom, The Creator, The Highest Deity of Zoroastrianism, Uncreated Spirit, Arch-Opposite of Angra Mainyu, The One Above All

## Profile

### Personify

Creation, Wisdom, Goodness, Kindness, Light, Benevolence, Defense

## Relationships

### Siblings

Angra Mainyu, Apam Napat, Rashnu, Sraosha

### Offspring

Amesha Spenta:* Spəṇta Mainyu
* Vohu Manah
* Asha
* Kshatra Vairya
* Spenta Armaiti
* Haurvatat
* Ameretat

Others:

* Aka Manah
* Mithra
* Simurgh

## Other

### Status

Alive

**Ahura Mazda** is the creator and highest deity venerated in Zoroastrianism. Ahura Mazda is the first and most frequently invoked spirit in the Yasna. The literal meaning of the word Ahura is "lord", and that of Mazda is "wisdom".

## Overview

Ahura Mzada is the main god of the Zoroastrism, he is the Primordial God of The Good and nemesis of his evil twin brothe Angra Mainyu, Ahura Mazda will kill to his evil brother during the final battle.

## History

At the age of 30, Zoroaster received a revelation: while fetching water at dawn for a sacred ritual, he saw the shining figure of the Amesha Spenta, Vohu Manah, who led Zoroaster to the presence of Ahura Mazda, where he was taught the cardinal principles of the "Good Religion" later known as Zoroastrianism. As a result of this vision, Zoroaster felt that he was chosen to spread and preach the religion. He stated that this source of all goodness was the Ahura worthy of the highest worship. He further stated that Ahura Mazda created spirits known as *yazata*s to aid him, who also merited worship. Zoroaster proclaimed that some of the Iranian gods were *daevas* who deserved no worship.

These "bad" deities were created by Angra Mainyu, the destructive spirit. The existence of Angra Mainyu was the source of all sin and misery in the universe. Zoroaster claimed that Ahura Mazda was not an omnipotent God, but used the aid of humans in the cosmic struggle against Angra Mainyu. Nonetheless, Ahura Mazda is Angra Mainyu's superior, not his equal. Angra Mainyu and his *daevas*, which attempt to attract humans away from the Path of Asha, would eventually be defeated.

## Myths and Legends

Ahura Mazda first appeared in the Achaemenid period (c. 550 – 330 BCE) under Darius I's Behistun Inscription. Until Artaxerxes II of Persia (405–04 to 359–58 BCE), Ahura Mazda was worshipped and invoked alone in all extant royal inscriptions. With Artaxerxes II, Ahura Mazda was invoked in a triad, with Mithra and Anahita. In the Achaemenid period, there are no known representations of Ahura Mazda at the royal court other than the custom for every emperor to have an empty chariot drawn by white horses, to invite Ahura Mazda to accompany the Persian army on battles. Images of Ahura Mazda, however, were present from the 5th century BCE, but were stopped and replaced with stone carved figures in the Sassanid period and later removed altogether through an iconoclastic movement supported by the Sassanid dynasty.

Ahura Mazda may have came from the Proto-Indo-European god Wérunos.

His dualism with Angra Mainyu was probably the inspiration for Christians to adopt the idea of ​​the dualism of good and evil, placing Jesus Christ as the representative of good, with Belial as representing evil. It should be borne in mind that prior to Christianity, the Jewish religion held God responsible for both good and evil: "*I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I, the LORD do all these things*." - Isaiah 45:7.

## Trivia

* According to Lucifer, he is one of God's oldest fanboys.