آذر (ایزد)
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Atar () is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "visible and invisible fire" (Mirza, 1987:389). It is considered to be the visible presence of Ahura Mazda and his Asha through the eponymous Yazata. The rituals for purifying a fire are performed 1,128 times a year.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Zoroastrian
- Deity.deity_of
- God of Fire
- Deity.image
- 250px
- Deity.caption
- Fire bowl on a coin of the Sasanian emperor Ardashir Babakan.
- Deity.other_names
- Ataxsh, Atash, Atarsh, Adar, Adur, Azar
- Deity.script_name
- Avestan
- Deity.script
- Ātar 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.attributes
- Guardian of Fire, Giver of Warmth
- Deity.symbol
- Fire, Light and Illumination
- Deity.affiliation
- The Thirty-Three Deities, Guardians of the Days of the Month, The Twelve Deities, Four Elements
- Deity.day
- 9th of each month in the Iranian calendar
- Deity.associated_deities
- Asha Vahishta, Verethragna, Sraosha
- Deity.sacred_flower
- Sunflower
- Deity.festivals
- Azargān
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Hephaestus
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Vulcan
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Indian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- concept
- Subclass of
- fire
- Part of
- Zoroastrianism
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- different from
- Atar
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