Govad Yazata is the Zoroastrian Divinity who presides over wind and air. The name Go-vad (good wind) is the altered form of Vaad or Vaat which means wind. In Pahlavi texts, Govad is called Wae-i-Weh, meaning ‘the good wind,’ interpreted as a gentle breeze that is beneficial to life, rather than a destructive storm. There […]
A Parsi Times reader asked why we have swords, spears and maces adorning the walls of the sanctum sanctorum of an Atash Bahram. He wondered whether this tradition of keeping weapons evolved after the Arab invasion of Iran when fire temples were desecrated by the invading marauders? Were these weapons kept at places of worship […]
There were many great and glorious kings of ancient Zoroastrian Iran and among those who ruled during the Sasanian dynasty, the name of Khosrow I (also known as Anushirvan or Naushirvan) stands tall. The future Prophet of Islam, Muhamed was born in Arabia in 570 AD., during the long reign of Khosrow (531 AD – […]