Vohu Manah
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Amesha Spenta of the Good Mind; first emanation of Ahura Mazda, guardian of cattle.
Parentage
- parent: Ahura Mazda
Domains
- good mind
- cattle livestock
Powers
- Illumine the mind with good thought and divine wisdom
- Protect beneficent cattle and domestic animals
Epithets
- Vohu Manah 'Good Mind' — first Amesha Spenta, guardian of cattleYasna 28-34 (Gathas); Yašt 1.25 (primary)
- Bahman Good Mind (Middle/New Persian form); name of the 11th month and 2nd dayGreater Bundahishn; Zoroastrian calendar (day Bahman, month Bahman) (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: AtarFull 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.
- equated with: Manaobago
Sources
- existence: Avesta, Yasna 28 (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Amesa Spenta' (secondary)