Amesha Spentas

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The Amesha Spentas are a group of divine emanations or holy immortals in Zoroastrianism that personify aspects of creation and assist the supreme god Ahura Mazda in maintaining cosmic order.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Amesha Spentas canonical 9
Zoroastrian pantheon 1
creative energy of Ahura Mazda 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian concept ⓘ
divine beings ⓘ
emanations ⓘ
holy immortals ⓘ
associatedConcept asha ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
creation ⓘ
associatedWith Ahura Mazda ⓘ
centralFigure Ahura Mazda ⓘ
cosmicFunction protect the world from evil forces ⓘ
uphold asha (truth and order) ⓘ
cosmologicalRole structure the Zoroastrian cosmos ⓘ
culticRole focus of specific days in Zoroastrian calendar ⓘ
doctrineType Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy ⓘ
eschatologicalRole participate in final renovation (Frashokereti) ⓘ
genderConcept often treated as abstract or beyond human gender ⓘ
hierarchicalRelation subordinate to Ahura Mazda ⓘ
iconography typically represented symbolically rather than anthropomorphically ⓘ
influenceOn later Zoroastrian angelology ⓘ
languageOfName Avestan ⓘ
linked to: Avestan language
meaningOfName Bounteous Immortals ⓘ
member Ameretat ⓘ
Asha Vahishta ⓘ
Haurvatat ⓘ
Khshathra Vairya ⓘ
Spenta Armaiti ⓘ
Vohu Manah ⓘ
moralAlignment good ⓘ
numberOfMembers 7 ⓘ
opposedBy daevas ⓘ
personify aspects of creation ⓘ
moral and spiritual qualities ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
role assist Ahura Mazda in maintaining cosmic order ⓘ
guardians of creation ⓘ
scripturalSection Gathas ⓘ
linked to: Avesta
scripturalSource Avesta ⓘ
theologicalStatus emanations of Ahura Mazda ⓘ
not independent gods ⓘ
tradition Mazdayasna ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrianism
veneratedBy Zoroastrians ⓘ
worshipContext invoked in Zoroastrian prayers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zoroastrianism → hasConcept → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Ahl-e Haqq → venerates → the Seven Persons (Haft Tan) ⓘ
linked to: Amesha Spentas
Iranian mythology → hasConcept → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Yasna → devotedTo → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Visperad → invokes → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Ahura Mazda → hasAspect → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Spenta Mainyu → relatedConcept → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Spenta Mainyu → hasAspect → creative energy of Ahura Mazda ⓘ
linked to: Amesha Spentas
Ahuna → belongsToPantheon → Zoroastrian pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Amesha Spentas
Sraosha → alignedWith → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Asha → belongsTo → Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Yazatas → areDistinctFrom → Amesha Spentas ⓘ