Ameretat
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Amesha Spenta of Immortality; guardian of plants, paired with her sister Haurvatat.
Parentage
- parent: Ahura Mazda
Domains
- immortality
- plants vegetation
Powers
- Grant immortality and deathless life to the righteous
- Preside over plants and life-giving vegetation
Epithets
- Amərətāt Immortality; the Amesha Spenta who guards Plants, paired with Haurvatatthe Gāθās; Bundahišn (primary)
Relations
- sibling: Asha VahishtaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: AtarFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Khshathra VairyaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Spenta ArmaitiFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Spenta MainyuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Vohu ManahFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: HaurvatatHaurvatat and Ameretat, Wholeness and Immortality, the inseparable paired sisters among the Amesha Spentas, guardians of water and plants.Mary Boyce, A History of Zoroastrianism, vol. I (1975) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Avesta, Yasna 45 (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Amesa Spenta' (secondary)