"He has all the attributes of a very high God, because he is omniscient, very wise, guardian and defender of his creatures, inaccessible to deception because he sees and knows everything, creator of light, of men and of the so-called primeval heifer which is, as will be seen, the living symbol of the strength and productive virtue of nature. His throne is in the highest heaven, and he sits there surrounded by the celestial hosts. This last concept is common, one can say, to almost all religions; but the attributes now enumerated are of a philosophical and theological nature, such that they bring Ahura Mazdao closer to the Semitic god, to the Yahveh in particular of the Jews, while distancing him from every other Indo-European god to whom, usually, they are always, or almost always, accompanied anthropomorphic attributes. (Italo Pizzi)"
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