Ahura Mazda wise lord The Supreme God Associated: Light, WisdomCulture: ...
Ahura Mazda wise lord
Classification: The Supreme God
Associated: Light, Wisdom
Culture: Ancient Persian
Known period of worship Circa 1500 BCE
Cult Centers: Throughout the Near East during the Persian
and Roman Empires.
Art References : Various Sculptures and reliefs
Literary Sources: Avestia
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Ahura Mazda represented the Sky and embodied wisdom
fruitfulness and benevolence his opponent and also his creation was Angra Mainyu
God of darkness and sterility.
There were other deities,
but life was essentially a struggle between the two gods of good and evil. In
the 7th or 6th century BC E the Prophet Zoroaster the founder of Zoroastrianism
declared Ahura Mazda alone worthy of absolute worship. Ahura Mazda was the
essence of beneficent nature. creator of heaven and earth the font of law and
morality and Supreme judge of the
universe .
When he was 30 he participated in a spring festival as a
member of a priestly family and one of his duties was to draw water from the
deepest and purest part of the stream for the morning ceremony. Here at the
Daytia river, he met the angel Vohu Mana.
The entity asked
Zoroaster who he was and what was the most important thing in his life. To
which Zoroaster answered that he wanted most of all to be righteous, pure and
wise. By this answer, he was granted a vision of Ahura Mazda and his archangels
from whom he learned the principles that would lead to the religion known late
as Zoroastrianism.
He becomes the god of light and truth in the Zoarastrian
concept of Dualism.
His chief attendant was Mithras. According to myth his first
creation was a wild bull. It had to be confided to a cave to control the beast.
It escaped and Mitra was tasked with finding filling the animal. When the beast was slain it blood fell to the Earth
and created life
He becomes the god of light and truth in the Zoarastrian
concept of Dualism. His offspring include Could have been a love child Gayomart
the archetype male.
Beyond, apart and without him, there is nothing in
existence. He is changeless, moving all while not being moved by anyone, has no
equal, and no one can take the heavens from him. He favors the just man,
upholding the truth and proper behavior. Ahura Mazda created the twin spirits,
Angra Mainyu, the destructive spirit, and Spenta Meynu, the good spirit.
