Fravashi
[fruh-vah-shee]
- the soul of a dead ancestor.
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Origin of Fravashi
From Avestan
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Ormazd began the creation by bringing forth the Fereuers (Fravashi).
Ten Great ReligionsJames Freeman Clarke
All this reminds us of the Fravashi of the Avesta and of the Persian monuments.
Ten Great ReligionsJames Freeman Clarke
In my remarks on the ka and the fravashi I have merely hinted at the vast complexity of these elements of confusion.
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith
Thus the fravashi has the same remarkable associations with nourishment and placental functions as the ka.
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith
In fact the Fravashi is not unlike the Egyptian ka on the one side and the Chinese shen on the other.
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith