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• - One of the Amesha Spentas in Zoroastrianism. Represented by the oxen, and symbolizes the good pastoral life.
  
• - Only part of the Avesta, the collection of holy texts in Zoroastrianism, that is fully preserved. Includes the long night-office ritual in Zoroastrianism, which shall protect against demons, the inhabitants of darkness.