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.

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