Yazd Srosh is an Iranian divinity in the Zoroastrian tradition who occupies a high position in the ritual and daily observances of the Zoroastrians. In this paper the author first attempts to provide an overview of Srosh's character, functions and development based on classical Zoroastrian sources (the Gathas and the Younger Avesta), as well as on Pahlavi Texts (Bondahishn, Ravayat-i Pahlavi, Minooye Khrad and the Pahlavi version of Khorde Avesta, “Zand-i Khurtak Avistak”); then she looks at the Shahnameh of Ferdosi to follow the traces of this mythical character’s traits and functions at the later stages of the development of Iranian culture and literature.
This paper is based on a comparative case study to clarify the characteristics of this Zoroastrian divinity through religious and
non religious sources.
