Atar
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Yazata of fire, called the Son of Ahura Mazda; the sacred flame at the center of Zoroastrian worship.
Parentage
- parent: Ahura Mazda
Domains
- fire
- purity light
Powers
- Embody the sacred fire, son of Ahura Mazda
- Contend with Azhi Dahaka for the divine Glory
Epithets
- Ātarš puθrō Ahurahe Mazdā̊ 'Atar, son of Ahura Mazda' — fire's standing Avestan epithetYasna 1.4; Atash Niyayesh (primary)
Relations
- sibling: AmeretatFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Asha VahishtaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: HaurvatatFull 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.
- equated with: Atsho
- enemy: Azhi DahakaReciprocal of zoroastrian_azhi_dahaka.enemy — Atar and the three-headed dragon contend for the unseizable khvarenah; the Fire drives him back.Avesta, Zamyad Yasht (Yt. 19.46-51) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Avesta, Yasna 62 (Atash Niyayesh) (primary); Avesta, Yasht 19 (primary)