Why Is Ahura Mazda Important?

Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross
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According to Zarathustra, Ahura Mazdā Created the Universe and the Cosmic Order That He Maintains. He Created the Twin Spirits Spenta Mainyu Spenta Mainyu...

Why Is Ahura Mazda Important?

According to Zarathustra, Ahura Mazdā created the universe and the cosmic order that he maintains. He created the twin spirits Spenta Mainyu

Spenta Mainyu
Spenta Mainyu, in Zoroastrianism, the Holy Spirit, created by the Wise Lord, Ahura Mazdā, to oppose the Destructive Spirit, Angra Mainyu. ... According to Zoroastrian belief, Spenta Mainyu protects and maintains many realms and creatures—the sky, water, earth, plants, and children yet to be born.
and Angra Mainyu (Ahriman
Ahriman
Angra Mainyu, (Avestan: “Destructive Spirit”) Middle Persian Ahriman, the evil, destructive spirit in the dualistic doctrine of Zoroastrianism. ... To aid him in attacking the light (Spenta Mainyu, the good creation of Ahura Mazdā), Angra Mainyu created a horde of demons embodying envy and similar qualities.
)—the former beneficent, choosing truth, light, and life; and the latter destructive, choosing deceit, darkness, and death.

Is Ahura Mazda a man?

However, Ahura Mazda remained symbolized by a dignified male figure, standing or on horseback which is found in Sassanian investiture.

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