Haurvatat
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Amesha Spenta of Wholeness and Health; guardian of the waters, paired with her sister Ameretat.
Parentage
- parent: Ahura Mazda
Domains
- wholeness health
- waters
Powers
- Grant wholeness, health, and perfection to the faithful
- Preside over the waters as the source of life
Epithets
- Hauruuatāt Wholeness and Health; the Amesha Spenta who guards the Waters, paired with Ameretatthe 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: AmeretatReciprocal of zoroastrian_ameretat.sibling — Haurvatat 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 47 (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Amesa Spenta' (secondary)