Vayu

Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · deity

Yazata personifying the wind and the intermediate atmosphere; an ambivalent power with both beneficent and harmful aspects.

Domains

wind atmosphere
fate intermediate space

Powers

Rule the wind and the void between Ahura Mazda's and Ahriman's realms
Drive forward and grant passage to heroes who sacrifice

Epithets

uparō.kairiia

Relations

equated with: Oado
equated with: Weshparkar

Sources

Avesta, Yasht 15 (Ram Yasht)

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