| Hvare-khshaeta | |
|---|---|
God of Sun and Warmth | |
 Coin ofBahram I, wearing aSolar Crown. | |
| Other names | Xur, Hvar, Xvarasht |
| Affiliation | The Thirty-Three Deities,Guardians of the Days of the Month, Seven Ancient Planets |
| Abode | Top ofMount Alborz |
| Symbol | Light, Fire, Sun |
| Sacred flower | Salvia macrosiphon |
| Attributes | Immortal, Glorious, Swift-Horsed |
| Day | 11th of each month in theIranian calendar |
| Mount | Chariot |
| Gender | Male |
| Festivals | Khorram Rooz |
| Associated deities | Mithra,Kshatra Vairya,Asman |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Helios |
| Roman | Sol |
| Indian | Surya |
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Hvare-khshaeta[1] (Hvarə-xšaēta,Huuarə-xšaēta) is theAvestan language name of theZoroastrianyazata (divinity) of the "Radiant Sun".
AvestanHvarə-xšaēta is a compound in whichhvar "sun" hasxšaēta "radiant" as a stock epithet. Avestanhvar derives fromProto-Indo-Iranian*súHar "sun", from which theVedic Sanskrit theonymSurya also derives. InMiddle Persian,Hvare-khshaeta was contracted toKhwarshēd, continuing in New Persian asKhurshēd/Khorshīd (cf. a similar contraction of AvestanYima-khshaeta asJamshid).
The short seven-verse6th Yasht is dedicated to Hvare-khshaeta, as is also theAvesta's litany to the Sun. The 11th day of theZoroastrian calendar is dedicated to and is under the protection of Hvare-khshaeta. Although in tradition Hvare-khshaeta would eventually be eclipsed byMitra as the divinity of the Sun (this is attributed to "late" syncretic influences, perhaps to a conflation withAkkadianShamash), in scripture the Sun is still unambiguously the domain of Hvare-khshaeta and remains distinct from the divinity of "Covenant".
TheSlavic deityHors has been generally considered to be etymologically related to Hvare-khshaeta, and possibly the result ofPersian armies introducing their form of solar worship to Slavic peoples around the first millennium BC. However, this is not without criticism, as the etymological connection between both gods has been called into question.[2]
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