Verethragna

Deities

Tradition · Zoroastrian Persian
Alternate Names
BahramVahramVictoryThe Smiting One
Gender Expression
Masculine
Titles
The VictoriousSmiter of the LieLord of the Ten FormsBahram
Domain
VictoryHeroismThe smiting of the lieStrengthProtectionThe ten formsCourage
Planetary Correspondence
Mars
Secondary Planets
SunJupiter
Elemental Correspondence
FireAir
Zodiac Affinity
AriesScorpio
Correspondences
Colors
RedGoldOrange
Scents
FrankincenseDragons blood
Metals
IronGold
Animals
BoarHorseCamelRaven
Sacred Timing
Sabbats
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Hours
SunriseMars hours
Offerings
HaomaMilkFire woodIncense
Invocation Approach
Tone
Martial and upright
Address
VerethragnaBahramThe Victorious
Relationship
The strength that clears the way
Warning
Victory is not permission for cruelty
Resonance
Those facing a fight they did not choose
Symbols
BoarClubRavenWind
Mythology Summary

Verethragna (later Bahram) is the yazata of victory, whose hymn is Yasht 14 of the Avesta: he comes to the worshipper in ten successive forms - wind, bull, white horse, camel, boar, a youth of fifteen, raven, ram, buck and man - and in each he is the power that breaks the lie. He is the patron of the righteous fighter rather than of war as such, and the highest grade of Zoroastrian temple fire, the Atash Bahram, is named for him. His day is Bahram, the twentieth day of the Zoroastrian month.

Modern Practice

Invoked before a fight that must be fought - legal, physical or moral - and for courage and protection; modern correspondence work uses him for the strength to face what cannot be avoided, without the cruelty the tradition itself rejects.

Related Deities
AresMarsIndraTyr

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