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Encyclopedia > Persian deities

The Persian Gods, Goddesses and demons:

  • Aesma Daeva , One of the Daevas, Aesma Daeva ("madness") is the demon of lust and anger, wrath and revenge.
  • Agas, A Persian demoness of illness.
  • Ahura Mazdah ("Lord Wisdom") is the Persian supreme god.
  • Ahurani, is a water goddess
  • Aka Manah is one of the Daevas. He is the personification of sensual desire.
  • Ameretat, One of the Amesha Spentas, Ameretat ("not dying", "living") is the personification of immortality.
  • Amesha Spentas, The name of the seven divine beings who belong to the retinue of the highest god, Ahura Mazda.
  • Anahita, The ancient Persian water goddess.
  • Angra Mainyu, God of darkness,
  • Apam-napat, 'God found in the water'
  • Apaosa, A demon who brings drought and aridity.
  • Armaiti, ("beneficent devotion") is one of the Amesha Spentas.
  • Asha vahishta ("excellent order") is the personification of the 'best truth'
  • Asman, God of the Sky.
  • Asto Vidatu, The Persian demon of death
  • Atur, The Persian god of all fire
  • Mehr, The Persian god of light/love

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Mithraism (2494 words)
In the sixth and seventh century B.C., a vast reformation of the Persian pantheon was undertaken by Zarathustra (known in Greek as Zoroaster), a prophet from the kingdom of Bactria.
Anahita was said to have conceived the Saviour from the seed of Zarathustra preserved in the waters of Lake Hamun in the Persian province of Sistan.
As a deity connected with the sun and its life-giving powers, Mithras was known as 'The Lord of the Wide Pastures' who was believed to cause the plants to spring forth from the ground.
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