Home›Zoroastrian Deities›Veneration Status›Actively venerated in a living traditionBrowse ByActively venerated in a living traditionThis page groups deities by how actively they are still venerated today, from gods with a living cult to ones whose worship has died out entirely. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a deity that still receives offerings apart from one preserved only in historical study.FactsLearn MoreActively venerated in a living traditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsAttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedThe Gathas of Zarathushtra are placed on linguistic grounds in the second millennium BCE. The earliest datable attestation of the tradition's gods is the Achaemenid royal inscriptions naming Ahura Mazda from the late sixth century BCE. The religion is practised today. 2Veneration TodayWell-attestedVenerated today by the Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian communities and their diaspora. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe divine beings of Zoroastrianism: Ahura Mazda, the Amesha Spentas who personify aspects of the good creation, and the yazatas, beings worthy of worship, several of them older Iranian gods retained. Whether these amount to a pantheon at all is a live question in and about the tradition, which understands itself as monotheist while giving the yazatas cult. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDeities 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedWhether the Amesha Spentas and yazatas are deities, aspects of one God, or a class with no equivalent elsewhere has been argued within the tradition and in the scholarship for over a century, and the answer changes what this grouping is a grouping of. 2Learn MoreThe Divine Beings of Zoroastrianism This group holds the divine figures of Zoroastrianism, the ancient Iranian religion founded on the teaching of Zarathushtra (Zoroaster). Its theology is distinctive: a supreme good creator, Ahura Mazda, opposed by the hostile spirit Angra Mainyu (Ahriman), with the cosmos the arena of their struggle, a dualism that influenced later Western religion. The browser will find Ahura Mazda; the Amesha Spentas, the beneficent immortals who personify aspects of the good creation; the yazatas, lesser worshipful beings such as Mithra and Anahita; and the adversary and his demons. The atlas notes the tradition's great antiquity and its survival among the Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian communities today.Actively venerated in a living traditionFilter Results6 entriesChild OfAllAhura Mazda (1)Attested InAllAvesta (1)Interpretatio OfAllAphrodite (1)Artemis (1)Mithras (1)HistoricityAllNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (6)TheologyAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (6)ArchetypeAllThe Caregiver (1)The Hero (2)The Magician (1)The Sage (2)Era Attested Start YearAll-1400 (1)-1000 (1)-400 (1)Worshipped InAllZoroastrianism (6)Domain / FunctionAllCosmic order and truth (3)Creation and cosmogony (1)Fertility and generation (1)Fire (1)Healing and medicine (1)Justice, law and oaths (1)Kingship and sovereignty (2)Protection and guardianship (1)Purification (1)Rivers, lakes and springs (1)Sun (1)Victory (1)War and battle (1)Wisdom and counsel (1)GenderAllFemale (1)Male (5)PantheonAllZoroastrian (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Ahura MazdaActively venerated in a living traditionAnahitaActively venerated in a living traditionAtarActively venerated in a living traditionMithraActively venerated in a living traditionSraoshaActively venerated in a living traditionVerethragnaActively venerated in a living traditionSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. A History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989vol. 1, chs. 1-3View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.