Yazata (Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀) is the Avestan word for a Zoroastrian concept with a wide range of meanings but generally signifying (or used as an epithet...

in lesser divinities known as Yazatas, who share some similarities with the angels in Abrahamic religions. These yazatas ("good agents") include Anahita...

𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra; Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miθraʰ‍) is an ancient Iranian deity (yazata) of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, contracts, and friendship...

and 23 Yazatas and in the third month prayers are said for only 28 days (to Ahura Mazda, the six Amesha Spentas and up to Zamyad Yazad, (Yazata of the...

𐬯𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀, səraoṣ̌a; Persian: سروش), is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning of his...

of all animals), Mithra, Sraosha (Soroush, yazata of prayer), Rashnu (the Judge), Fravashi, Bahram (yazata of victory), Raman (Ramesh meaning peace),...

Apam Napat is a deity in the Indo-Iranian pantheon associated with water. His names in the Vedas, Apām Napāt, and in Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt, mean "child...

the visible presence of Ahura Mazda and his Asha through the eponymous Yazata. The rituals for purifying a fire are performed 1,128 times a year.[citation...

Abrahamic religions Pre-Islamic Arabian deities Jinn Nabataean deities Persia Yazata, see also Proto-Indo-Iranian religion Elam Baltic deities Latvian deities...

and comfort. As time passed, the Iranians began to address fire as Atas Yazata (‘’fire divinity’’), while rewarding it with offerings in return for its...

Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy, with the specific angelic beings called yazatas having key positions in the day-name dedications on the Zoroastrian calendar...

] (Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬴𐬢𐬏) is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian yazata of justice. Together with Mithra and Sraosha, Rashnu is one of the three...

Festival) is a Zoroastrian and Iranian festival celebrated to honor the yazata Mithra (Persian: Mehr), which is responsible for friendship, affection and...

non-specific sense of the term, Amesha Spenta is then equivalent to the term yazata. Non-specific usage is significantly less common than the use of the term...

of all animals), Mithra, Sraosha (Soroush, yazata of prayer), Rashnu (the Judge), Fravashi, Bahram (yazata of victory), Raman (Ramesh meaning peace),...

Gāh[pronunciation?] (Persian: گاه) is a period of time which is dedicated to a Yazata in Zoroastrianism. Boyce 1979, pp. 32–33 Boyce, Mary (1979). Zoroastrians :...

benevolent and malevolent, that is, depending on the circumstances, either yazata - "worthy of worship" - or daeva, which in the Gathas is a "god that is...

list is expanded sometimes, and include Vahman and Ormazd. Rashnu is the yazata who holds the scales of justice. If the good deeds of the person outweigh...

originally distinct from it. Mithra is closely associated with the feminine yazata Aredvi Sura Anahita, the hypostasis of knowledge. There is a deity Mithra...

by Tir." Although Tir does not appear in the Avesta, he is a prominent yazata (angelic divinity) in the Zoroastrian religion. The name also appears in...

also attested in Vedic Sanskrit. As a divinity of the waters (Abān), the yazata is of Indo-Iranian origin, according to Lommel related to Sanskrit Sarasvatī...

from the lack of sufficient prayers and sacrifices from humankind. The yazata proceeded to call upon the creator, Ahura Mazda, who himself then intervened...

is nominally dedicated to Zam "Earth", further typifies khvarenah as a yazata, that is, itself "worthy of worship." The same hymn includes a list of divinities...

extensions consist mainly of additional invocations of the divinities (yazatas), while the Vendidad is a mixed collection of prose texts mostly dealing...

derives fravashi from fra-vaxsh "to grow forth." Like most other Zoroastrian yazatas, the fravashis are not mentioned in the Gathas. The earliest mention of...

but meaning 'angel' or 'guardian')." Aldihisi (2008) compares them to the yazata of Zoroastrianism. According to E. S. Drower, "an 'uthra is an ethereal...

day-of-the-month/month-of-the-year dedications to a yazata intersect. Eleven of these intersections are dedicated to individual yazatas, and four intersections are dedicated...

Catholic Church Seven Archangels Sopo Archangels, Colombian Baroque paintings Yazata The Book of Tobit is considered to be part of the Old Testament in the Catholic...

simultaneously angelic and demonic, that is, depending on the circumstances, either yazata - "worthy of worship" - or daeva, which in Zoroastrian tradition is a demon...

king by a female deity, representing one of the female Iranian deities (yazata) Anahita or Ashi. Both of these deities are closely linked with the khvarenah...