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Several important religions and religious movements originated in the cultural continent of ]. The deities (in the context of ], the supreme being) of these religions are listed below. Several important religions and religious movements originated in the cultural continent of ]. The deities (in the context of ], the supreme being) of these religions are:

For divinities (but not necessarily deities) in pre-] Iranian religions, see ]s and ]s, groups of 'good' and 'evil' divinities respectively that already figured in proto-Indo-Iranian religions. ], which initially was an attribute applied to any divinity or divine concept, was later an epithet applied to the 'angels' incorporated into Archaemenid-era Zoroastrianism and came to be synonymous with ]. For an overview of the divinities of the religions practiced in present-day ], see ], ].

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<big><b>Deities of the religions of the Greater Persian cultural continent</b><big>


* ], a mid-] monotheistic religion that was a predecessor of the ]: * ], a mid-] monotheistic religion that was a predecessor of the ]:
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* ], 3rd century ditheistic ] that may have been influenced by ]: * ], 3rd century ditheistic ] that may have been influenced by ]:
** "Father of Greatness" (Aramaic: {{Unicode|Abbā dəRabbūṯā}}, Persian: ''pīd ī wuzurgīh''), the highest deity (of light)
** ] - a good spiritual God. ** ] - a good spiritual God.
** ] - an evil material God. ** ] - an evil material God.
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** God manifests one primary and 5 secondary avatars to form with God the Holy Seven. ** God manifests one primary and 5 secondary avatars to form with God the Holy Seven.


⚫ * ], popular during the ] era (3rd - 7th century CE):
⚫ * ] (Mazdaen ]), an ancient monotheistic faith:
** ] – God of eternal time
*** ] – God the Creator.
*** ] – God the Destroyer.

⚫ * ] (Mazdaism), an ancient monotheistic faith:
** ] – the uncreated Creator of all (God). ** ] – the uncreated Creator of all (God).
** ]s and angels – Not deities as such, but supernatural beings serving Ahura Mazda, to whom some of the hymns in the ] are addressed

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⚫ * ] (Zurvanite ]), a ] ] popular during the ] era (3rd - 7th century CE):
***] Seven chief yazatas.
** ] – the primordial First Principle that created ] and ], who in turn respectively created the good and evil aspects of the physical universe.
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***] – the holy fire
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***] – the Moon
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***] – the Earth
** ] and demons: evil forces against whom Ahura Mazda and his followers contend
***] – Chief of all evil
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==See also== ==See also==
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⚫ * List of ]
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* Divinities in Persian religions and as supernatural beings in later Persian mythology:
*: ]s and ]s; ]s and ]s.
* Divinities in post-] Iranian religions:
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The cultural continent of Greater Persia

Several important religions and religious movements originated in the cultural continent of Greater Persia. The deities (in the context of monotheistic faiths, the supreme being) of these religions are:

  • Bahá'í Faith, an emerging monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh, a 19th century Persian exile:
    • The Bahá'í Faith refers to God using the local word for God in whatever language is being spoken. In the Bahá'í Writings in Arabic, Allah is used. Bahá'ís share some naming traditions with Islam, but see "Bahá" (Glory or Splendour) as The Greatest Name of God.
  • Persian Mysticism, a traditional interpretation of existence, life and love with Perso-Islamic Sufi monotheism as its practical aspect:
    • direct perception of spiritual truth (God), through mystic practices based on divine love.
  • Yarsan, a religious order of Yazdanism, believed to have been founded in the 16th century:
    • God manifests one primary and 5 secondary avatars to form with God the Holy Seven.

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