Horomazes

Hōromazēs (-ae), sive Ahura Mazda^[1] est Avestanum nomen summi dei, creatoris mundi, secundum religionem veterem Avestanam vel Zoroastream. Haec fuit religio Iraniae ante Islamicae adventum.

Sculptura Horomazae

Horomazes dicitur summum animum cultus Zoroastrianismi una cum essenti primum et saepe invocatum animum in operibus Yasna.

Notae

1. Graece Ὡρομάζης, -ου, ut apud Platon. Alcib. I, 122a; Plutarch. De Iside, 47. Alii "Ahura Mazda" scribunt (lingua Persica antiqua 𐏈 𐏉 Auramazdâ, lingua Persica اهورامزدا), h.e. fere "magna sapientia" vel "dominus sapientiae".

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Nexus externi

• Ahuramazda and Zoroastrianism