Zoroastrian deity

Usage examples of mazda.

The Persians, who worshipped Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Light, built temples around them and tended the Sacred Fires.

The Persians say the Mahrkagir has turned Drujan from the worship of Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Light, to Angra Mainyu, the Lord of Darkness.

And Ahura Mazda made no protest, but let his people die beneath their swords.

A Magus-in-training, it was he who first put forth the notion of turning away from Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Light, to embrace the worship of Angra Mainyu.

Sacred Fire of Ahura Mazda, a living, twisting thing of flame, gold and saffron and red, stretching toward the domed ceiling.

Jahanadar, the Land of Fires, reclaimed its ancient title, and the hand of Ahura Mazda reached out to reclaim his own.

Triton was far from the light of Ahura Mazda, so six hundred years ago those who were brave crossed the great dark and settled here, under the Yellow Sun.

Huge paintings adorned the inner walls, depicting the gods of the Persians, the mighty Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, and the minor daevas that served him.

As on the night in the captured city of Persepolis when he had led a drunken mob of torch-bearers to destroy one of the great wonders of the world, the beautifully carved wooden temple to Ahura Mazda containing the works of the prophet, Zoroaster.

The World Creator, according to this view, was Ahura Mazda, a god of truth and light, whose original creation was perfect.

World Creator, according to this view, was Ahura Mazda, a god of truth and light, whose original creation was perfect.

I would fool all this great city with the Heart of Ahura Mazda, and with the great exhibition of the power of the jewel.

When next the Sun, the divine promise of Ahura Mazda, mounts his throne, we shall be free, every one of us, and once more in the Empire.

By the Sacred Spirit of great Ahura Mazda, thought Bill hopefully.

Eventually religions sprang up in which the chief god, the god of light, the Sun god, was called Ahura Mazda.