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Ahura Mazda vs Zeus

These two are identified with one another in the record, which is not the same as being the same figure. The Greek reading of the Persian supreme god. Recorded by Wikidata (P460); not asserted by a text this corpus carries.

Deity · Persian · c. 1000 BCE

Ahura Mazda

also called Ohrmazd, Hormuz, Ahuramazda, Ormuzd, Oromasdes, 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃

The uncreated god of Zoroastrianism, opposed by Angra Mainyu — the pairing that probably gave Judaism and Christianity their two-sided cosmos.

Alignment
Celestial
Rank
The Wise Lord
First attested
The Avesta · c. 1000-400 BCE
Named there as
Ahura Mazda
Texts naming it
3
Powers attributed
3
66attestedZoroastrian

Deity · Greek · c. 700 BCE

Zeus

also called Dias, Jove, Ζεύς

Sky-father and enforcer of oaths, whose name descends from the same Indo-European root as Jupiter and Dyaus.

Alignment
Disputed
Rank
King of the Gods
First attested
The Iliad · c. 750 BCE
Named there as
Zeus
Texts naming it
3
Powers attributed
4
90attestedGreek

Where do they actually overlap?

Texts naming both

None. The two never appear in the same text in this corpus, which is worth knowing before accepting any confident claim that they are one figure.

Powers credited to both

Executes Judgment

Common questions

Are Ahura Mazda and Zeus the same figure?

These two are identified with one another in the record, which is not the same as being the same figure. The Greek reading of the Persian supreme god. Recorded by Wikidata (P460); not asserted by a text this corpus carries. ColossiansOne records the link rather than asserting the identity: where texts disagree about whether two names denote one figure, the disagreement is what gets shown.

Which is older, Ahura Mazda or Zeus?

Ahura Mazda is the older name: first attested around c. 1000 BCE, against c. 700 BCE for Zeus. Where the two dates are far apart, that gap is the whole reason the pair is worth comparing.

Do any texts name both Ahura Mazda and Zeus?

No text in this corpus names both. That is not proof they were considered the same figure, but it is why the identification has to be traced through the scholarship rather than read off a page.
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