Amesha Spentas (Zoroastrian deities)
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Amahrāspand (Zoroastrian deities)
Amesa Spentas (Zoroastrian deities)
Ameshāspand (Zoroastrian deities)
Mahrāspand (Zoroastrian deities)
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found: Work cat.: Geiger, B. Die Amesa Spentas, 1916.
found: Bukisa website, June 15, 2010(Amesa Spentas, otherwise known as the Amesha Spentas; deities; Amesa Spentas are the holy immortals of Zoroastrianism; the more obscure deities, such as the Amesa Spentas, can provide us with information into the lives and religious identity of a culture; although Amesa Spentas are not well known in today's society, they provide us with the great insight into the culture and society of ancient Mesopotamia)
found: Encyclopedia Mythica, June 15, 2010(Amesha Spentas, the name of the seven divine beings who belong to the highest God, Ahura Mazda; The Amesha Spentas, beneficent immortals, come directly after him in the hierarchy of gods, and can be compared with archangels; together they fight truth and justice; deities of the Amesha Spentas are: Ameretat, Armaiti, Asha vahishta, Haurvatat, Khshathra vairya, Sraosa and Vohu Manah)
found: Wikipedia, 18 June 2010:(Amesha Spenta is an Avestan language term for a class of divinity/divine concepts in Zoroastrianism, and literally means "Bounteous Immortal" Later middle Persian variations of the term include Ameshāspand and the specifically Zoroastrian Mahrāspand and Amahrāspand)
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2010-06-15: new
2010-08-02: revised
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