Spenta Mainyu

The Holy or Bounteous Spirit of Ahura Mazda, twin to Angra Mainyu, through whom good creation arises.

Parentage

• Ahura Mazda

Domains

• creation life
• holiness bounty

Powers

• Bring forth life and choose truth over the Lie
• Serve as Ahura Mazda's creative force in fashioning the world

Epithets

• Spəṇta Mainiiu

Relations

• sibling: Ameretat
• sibling: Asha Vahishta
• sibling: Atar
• sibling: Haurvatat
• sibling: Khshathra Vairya
• sibling: Spenta Armaiti
• sibling: Vohu Manah
• twin sibling: Angra Mainyu

Sources

• Avesta, Yasna 30
• Avesta, Yasna 47