In Zoroastrianism, a spiritual or divine force representing the eternal essence or guardian spirit of a person, object, or concept.
From Avestan 'fravashi,' an Old Persian religious term. The word entered English through scholarly and religious texts on Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions.
Fravashis are kind of like the Zoroastrian version of guardian angels or a personal divine spark—and historians believe this concept may have influenced ideas about the soul in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam through cultural contact in the ancient Middle East.
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