Religion - Zoroastrianism

Vohu Manah

Good Thought, one of the Amesha Spentas

Ahura Mazda

god of light; the deity

Angra Mainyu

evil spirit who opposes Ahura Mazda

Amesha Spentas

the higher spirits directly under Ahura Mazda

Chinvat Bridge

the bridge of judgement that a soul must walk over after death

Magi

priests

Mani

a Persian teacher of religious dualism

Zurvan

boundless time embracing Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu

Anahita

a mother goddess who was worshipped with fertility rites

Haoma

the divinity of the sacred elixir prepared during Zoroastrian ritual

Mithra

god of light in Zoroastrianism

asha

spiritual truth

Naozot

vesting of a child with a sacred shirt

sudreh

the sacred shirt used in vesting a child

kusti

sacred thread worn to indicate initiation into a religion