Rashnu (In Zoroastrianism

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• Rashnu — In Zoroastrianism, the god of justice, who determines the fates of the dead. Assisted by Mithra and Sraosha, Rashnu stands at the Bridge of the Requiter and weighs on his golden scales the deeds of the souls that wish to pass. The divine triad… …   Universalium

• Zoroastrianism — /zawr oh as tree euh niz euhm, zohr /, n. an Iranian religion, founded c600 B.C. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu,… …   Universalium

• Verethraghna — ▪ Zoroastrianism also called  Bahrān,         in Zoroastrianism, the spirit of victory. Together with Mithra, the god of truth, Verethraghna shares martial characteristics that relate him to the Vedic war god Indra. In Zoroastrian texts,… …   Universalium

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• Arshtat — ( ae. arštāt ) is the Avestan language name of a Zoroastrian principle and signifies either justice harvnb|Gershevitch|1959|p=286ff.] or honesty. harvnb|Bartholomae|1904, col. 205.] As a substantive, arshtat designates the divinity Arshtat, the… …   Wikipedia

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• Mithra — This article is about the Zoroastrian yazata Mithra. For other divinities with related names, see the general article Mitra. Part of a series on Zoroastrianism …   Wikipedia

• Ameretat — ae. Ameretat ( ae. Amərətāt ) is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of not dying. As the hypostasis of immortality, Ameretat is the Amesha Spenta of long life on earth and perpetuality in the hereafter.… …   Wikipedia

• Theological Aspects of the Avesta —     The Theological Aspects of the Avesta     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Theological Aspects of the Avesta     I. GOD     The name of the Supreme God of the Avestic system is Ahura Mazda (in the Achaemenid royal inscriptions, Auramazda), which …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sraosha — is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity of Obedience or Observance , which is also the literal meaning of his name. In the Middle Persian commentaries of the 9th 12th centuries, the divinity appears as S(a)rosh . This form… …   Wikipedia