Home›Zoroastrian Deities›Worshipped InBrowse ByWorshipped InThis page groups deities by the religion whose adherents actively worship them, connecting a god to the living or historical community that maintains their cult. Wikipedia defines cult, in the religious sense, as "the care (Latin: cultus) owed to deities or saints and their temples, shrines, or churches." Browsing this way lets a visitor see every deity that belongs to one religion's worship, rather than reading about gods religion by religion.FactsLearn MoreWorshipped InSourcesComments (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.Worshipped InFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllScholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll651 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll600 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsZoroastrianismWorshipped In7 entriesSources1. 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.