An Achaemenid Symbol. I. A Farewell to “Fravahr” and “Ahuramazda”
ersch. 1975; Western scholars have maintained that winged-circle, often with upper part of a man, symbolizes Ahuramazda, as it symbolized Aššur in Assyria; Iranians that it represents the <i>fravahr</i> or soul-duplicate and guardian angel. Neither theory is convincing; a further article...
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