Mah

For other uses, see Mah (disambiguation).

Apadana Hall, Persepolis: Angra Mainyu kills the primeval bull, whose seed is rescued by Mah, the moon, as the source for all other animals.

Mah (Persian: ماہ ), or Mohor (middle Persian), or Maonghah (Avestan), is a divine entity of Zoroastrianism, a Yazata in the service of the supreme Creator Ahura Mazda, and an important figure in Persian mythology.

In Zoroastrianism, Mah represents mental harmony (inner peace). In angelology, she is an assistant to the Amesha Spenta Bahman (middle Persian, Avestan: Vohu Manu), who isresponsible for the welfare of animals. In the Zoroastrian calendar, the twelfth day of the month is dedicated to Mah.

In Persian mythology, Mah is literally and figuratively "the moon", queen of the night. Mah is also the Persian language name of a species of fish, which gives rise to the Persian language expression, az mah ta mahi, "from the moon to the moon", to mean "everything". That expression has its origin in Persian mythology, where the world is believed to sit on a rock, on the back of a bull, on a kamkam, on the back of the mah fish, on water, on wind, and on the veil of darkness.

Mah is a popular female first name in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and has numerous variants, such as Mahnur (mah: moon, nur: light).

See also

• Zoroastrian angelology

Mah - also a Chinese surname. It means "horse".

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