GarchaspGarshāsp (گرشاسپ gæɹ'ʃɒːsp) was, in Persian mythology, the last Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Persia according to Shahnameh. He was a descendant of Zaav, ruling over the Persian Empire for about nine years. His name is shared with a monster-slaying hero in Iranian mythology. The Avestan form of his name is Kərəsāspa and in Middle Persian his name is Kirsāsp. Garshasp is depicted as a dragonslayer in the Avesta. In Zoroastrian eschatology, Garshasp's resurrection was depicted. His role was to slay the monster Zahhak.
SraoshaSraosha (𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀 or 𐬯𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀 'sroː.ʃa) is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning of his name. In the Middle Persian commentaries of the 9th-12th centuries, the divinity appears as 𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭱, S(a)rosh. This form appears in many variants in New Persian as well, for example سروش, Sorūsh.
DenkardLe Denkard (ou Dēnkart), signifiant Actes de Religion, est un recueil de textes du zoroastrisme du . Plutôt qu'un ensemble d'écrits religieux, les neuf livres du texte constituent des commentaires encyclopédiques sur la religion. L'auteur est Aturpât-i Êmêtân. C'est l'édition d'un texte partiellement perdu écrit au par Ādurfarnbag ī Farroxzādān. Aturpât-i Êmêtân, Denkard, Acts of Religion, trad. Ratanshah E. Kohiyar, 1876 (A ninth century encyclopedia of the Zoroastrian religion).
