Tishtrya[pronunciation?] (Avestan: 𐬙𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀, romanized: Tištrya, Persian: تیر, romanized: Tir) is the Avestan name of a Zoroastrian benevolent divinity associated with life-bringing rainfall and fertility. Tishtrya is Tir in Middle- and Modern Persian. As has been judged from the archaic context in which Tishtrya appears in the texts of the Avesta, this divinity is almost certainly of Indo-Iranian origin. Tir is associated with the star Sirius, called Tishtar, in New Persian.
important astral deities seem to have been Tiri and Tishtrya. For reasons that are unknown, Tishtrya is associated with the star Sirius in one Yasht that...
Zoroastrianism's demon of drought. He is the epitomized antithesis of Tishtrya, divinity of the star Sirius and guardian of rainfall. In Zoroastrian tradition...
and the Zoroastrian rain deity Tishtrya in his article for Religious Studies, Professor Hou Hui suggested that Tishtrya is the archetype of the former:...
tir or TIR may refer to: The modern Persian name for the Zoroastrian god Tishtrya Tir (month), of the Iranian calendar Tir (god), of ancient Armenia Tabar...
seeds floated around the world on the winds of Vayu-Vata and the rains of Tishtrya, in cosmology taking root to become every type of plant that ever lived...
of worship", Tishtrya is a divinity of rain and fertility and an antagonist of apaosha, the demon of drought. In this struggle, Tishtrya is depicted as...
up the earth, and in Yasht 8.44 Angra Mainyu battles but cannot defeat Tishtrya and so prevent the rains. In Vendidad 19, Angra Mainyu urges Zoroaster...
yazatas ("good agents") include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya. Historian Richard Foltz has put forth evidence that Iranians of Pre-Islamic...
other in a positive context. Tishtrya: benevolent divinity associated with life-bringing rainfall and fertility. Tishtrya is Tir in Middle- and Modern...
yazatas ("good agents") include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya. According to some Scholars,there are two issues that have long made it...
European travelers during the Safavid era. The celebration is dedicated to Tishtrya, an archangel who appeared in the sky to generate thunder and lightning...
vegetation Haurvatat, goddess associated with water Anahita, goddess of waters Tishtrya, god of rain and lightning Apam Napat, god of waters Umay, the goddess...
causing drought. The blockage is removed by Verethragna (Vahram), and Tishtrya (Tir) gathers up the waters and spreads them over the earth (Zam) as rain...
dedicated to Vanant. The divinity is also invoked in the hymn dedicated to Tishtrya, another star yazata for whom Vanant is a constant companion. In the Zoroastrian...
also coincided with the coming of the rain. The fourth Persian month was Tishtrya (Sirius, rain star). The vernal equinox at Greenwich fell on the first...
("good agents") some of which include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya. Richard Foltz has put forth evidence that Iranians of Pre-Islamic era...
[citation needed] In Zoroastrianism, one of the three representations of Tishtrya, the hypostasis of the star Sirius, is that of a white stallion (the other...
for instance, the youth, the bull and the horse are also attributed to Tishtrya. Likewise, the bird, the camel and the wind to Vayu-Vata, another member...
According to Boyce, Tiur is Mesopotamian Nabu-*Tiri conflated with Avestan Tishtrya. In Hellenic (Seleucid and Parthian) times Tiur was associated with Pythian...
primordial plant, Ameretat crushed it to pulp and mixed it with water. Tishtrya then took the water and spread it over the world as rain, which in turn...
Mithra (c.f. Metatron). Jašne Tiregân: Festival of Tir. A day dedicated to Tishtrya, Angel of the star Sirius and rain. Also celebrated in some Muslim regions...
associated with water, prosperity, and health in post-Gathic Zoroastrianism. Tishtrya, Zoroastrian benevolent divinity associated with life-bringing rainfall...
called Santarametakans. Tir or Tiur - Cognate to either the Iranian Tir (or Tishtrya) or (via Armenian dpir "scribe") the Babylonian Nabu. In either case, the...
Inanna contest the owner of the underworld, Kur in Mesopotamian religion Tishtrya (Sirius) with the antigod Apaosha in ancient Iranian religion The Bible...
communicate with its wielder. (Mesopotamian mythology) Tishtrya's mace, a mace wielded by Tishtrya that can create lightning and tornados. (Persian mythology)...
the 1st month (April 8) Jashan of Tir, also known as Tiregan, celebrates Tishtrya and the rains, on the 13th day of the 4th month (July 1). Jashan of Aban...