Sraosha
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Sraosha ( or ; ), is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning of his name. thumb|"The Angel Surush Rescues Khosrow II|Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the [[Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp ()]] In the Middle Persian commentaries of the 9th-12th centuries, the divinity appears as , S(a)rosh. This form appears in many variants in New Persian as well, for example , Sorūsh. Unlike many of the other Yazatas (concepts that are "worthy of adoration"), Soroush is also frequently referred to as the "Angel of Conscience" o
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Zoroastrian
- Deity.deity_of
- God of Conscience and Observance Guardian of People
- Deity.image
- 280px
- Deity.caption
- Sraosha in the Iranian painting style and Rubai'i by Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr
- Deity.script_name
- Avestan
- Deity.script
- Sraosha 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀
- Deity.gender
- male
- Deity.attributes
- Opponent of Lies, Defender of Asha
- Deity.symbol
- Rooster or Chicken
- Deity.affiliation
- The Thirty-Three Deities, Guardians of the Days of the Month
- Deity.day
- 17th of each month in the Iranian calendar
- Deity.associated_deities
- Mithra, Asha Vahishta, Vohu Manah
- Deity.sacred_flower
- Wallflower
- Deity.abode
- Mount Hara
- Deity.festivals
- Bazhrooz or Sorushgan
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Apollo
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Horus
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6 sectionsContents
- In the Avesta
- In Zoroaster's revelation
- In the younger Avesta
- In Zoroastrian tradition
- References
- Sources
Sraosha ( or ; ), is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning of his name. thumb|"The Angel Surush Rescues Khosrow II|Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the [[Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp ()]] In the Middle Persian commentaries of the 9th-12th centuries, the divinity appears as , S(a)rosh. This form appears in many variants in New Persian as well, for example , Sorūsh. Unlike many of the other Yazatas (concepts that are "worthy of adoration"), Soroush is also frequently referred to as the "Angel of Conscience" or "Voice of Conscience", which overlaps with both of his role as the "Teacher of Daena", Daena being the hypostasis of both "Conscience" and "Religion" and Guardian/Companion over the Chinvat Bridge. Soroush is also the Persian name of the angel Gabriel in Abrahamic religions and the angel Jibril in Islam.
==In the Avesta== ===In Zoroaster's revelation=== Soroush is already attested in the Gathas, the oldest texts of Zoroastrianism and believed to have been composed by Zoroaster himself. In these earliest texts, Soroush is routinely associated with the Amesha Spentas, the six "Bounteous Immortals" through which Ahura Mazda realized ("created by His thought") creation.