Faravahar

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Faravahar (Persian: فَرَوَهَر), also known as Fravashi (Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬴𐬌, romanized: frauuaṣ̌i, ), Fravahr (Middle Persian: frawahr, Book Pahlavi: plwʾhl), Foruhar (Persian: فروهر]), or Fraward (Middle Persian: fraward, Book Pahlavi: plwltʾ), refers in Zoroastrianism to a class of yazata characterized as wandering spirits of the air, protective spirits of the righteous, and the personal spiritual essence of individuals, whether living, deceased, or yet to be born. The Fravahr is considered one of the essential spiritual components of a person, described as the “everlasting and heavenly tutelary of material beings,” alongside other faculties such as axw (“vital strength”), baodah (“perception”), and urvan (“soul”). The Fravahr originated as spirits of heroic warriors who protected their living descendants, distinct from ordinary souls (urvans) of the dead. Their cult conflicted with Zoroaster's teachings on the afterlife but was gradually incorporated into Zoroastrianism through association...

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