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{{Deity infobox
|Name =Zurvan 
|Image =Zurwan.jpg 
|Caption =''the "four-fold Zurvan/Father of Greatness" was split up (from left) into the [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]] [[Gods]] [[Ganesha]], [[Varaha|Vishnu]], [[Shiva]], [[Brahma]]'' (Art from Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 4979) 
|Deity = the First Principle<br/>Personifiction of Infinite Space-Time
|Avestan = 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥
|Ancient Greek = Ζούραν
|Chinese = 祖尔宛
|Latin = *Zurvān
*Zurvānis
|Persian = زروان
|Middle Persian = Zamān
|Sanskrit = 
|Syriac = ܙܰܒܢܳܐ‎ 
|Alias = 
|Titles = The Monad <small>(Manichaeism)</small>
|Powers = 
*Elemental manipulation
*Meta space-time embodiment
**Destiny manipulation
**Meta space-time manipulation
***Higher-dimensional manipulation
****Higher-spatial manipulation
****Higher-temporal manipulation
*Solid-matter manipulation
*Spatio-temporal omnipotence
**Spatio-temporal lock
***Spatio-temporal transcendence
****Dimension transcendence
**Spatio-temporal omniscience
*True omnipresence
**Spatial presence
**Temporal presence
*Twilight manipulation
|Sex = Hermaphrodite
|Abodes = 
|Moral alignment = Omnineutral
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|Species = [[Aeon (Gnosticism)|Aeon]]<br/>[[Deity]] <small>([[creator deity|creator]] and [[destroyer deity]])</small>
|Parents = 
|Siblings = 
|Consort = 
|Children = [[Ahura Mazda]] and [[Ahriman]] <small>(creations)</small>
|Grandchildren = [[Daeva]]s<br/>[[Yazata]]s
|Affinity = 
|Others = 
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|Allegiance = 
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|Enemies = 
|Arabian equivalent = [[Allah]]
|Levantine equivalent = [[ʾIlu]]
|Celtic equivalent = [[Balor]]
|Egyptian equivalent = [[Geb]]
|Greek equivalent = [[Aion (individual)|Aion]]-[[Chronos|Khronos]]
|Roman equivalent = [[Aeon (individual)|Aeon]]-[[Saturn]], [[Aeternitas]]
|Norse equivalent = [[Elli]]
|Hindu equivalent = [[Shani]]
|Israelite equivalent = [[Yahweh]]
|Slavic equivalent = [[Svarog]]
|Mesopotamian equivalent = [[Anu]], [[Ninurta]]
|Thelemic equivalent = [[Baphomet]]
}}
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'''Zurvān''' (Persian: زوروان) is the Avestan and Persian word of "Time". Also refers to the personification of the hermaphroditic omnipotent deity of space-time and creation; in both [[Magian mythology|Zoroastrianism]] and [[Gnostic mythology|Manichaeism]].

== Mythology ==

=== Pre-Zoroastrism ===
Zurvan has been existing even before Zoroastrism, but the information about Zurvan pre-zoroastrim is very null.

=== Zoroastrim ===
In Zoroastian Persia, Zurvan was adopted by some Zoroastrians in an extinct sect called Zurvanism, in this religion Zurvan was both the father and mother of [[Ahura Mazda]] and [[Ahriman]], in Zurvanism he is the main god and the most powerful being in the cosmos, in ours days Zurvanism doesn´t exist but leave an important legacy in  actual Zoroastrianism, so the Zurvanist creation myth is now a part of the Mazdeism. 

=== Manichaeism ===
In Manichaeism, Zurvan is called the Father of Greateness and is the main god of this religion, he also was the of light and the spirits , but not the god of matter, Zurvan is a benevolent deity rather than a neutral deity, as a good deity Zurvan can neither make danger to people nor cause diseases, his antitesis is the [[Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism)|Prince of Darkness]] who is an evil god like Angra Mainyu, in Manichaeism, Zurvan is not omnipotent, he is also the [[Jesus]]´s father.

==Tropes==
===Abilities and Powers===
*Absolute destruction
*Creation and destruction embodiment
*Elemental manipulation
*Light and darkness embodiment
**Twilight manipulation
*Meta space-time embodiment
**Destiny manipulation
**Meta space-time manipulation
***Higher-dimensional manipulation
****Higher-spatial manipulation
****Higher-temporal manipulation
*Omnificence
*Solid-matter manipulation
*Spatio-temporal omnipotence
**Spatio-temporal lock
***Spatio-temporal transcendence
****Dimensional transcendence
**Spatio-temporal omniscience
*True omnipresence
**Spatial presence
**Temporal presence

===Conditions and Status===
*Absolute condition
*Godhood of creation and destruction
*Primordial godhood

===Moral alignments===
*Blue and orange mortality
*Omnineutrality

===Titles===
*Father of Greatness
*The First Princepal
*The Monad

===Traits===
*Infiniteness
*Principalship

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:DIf dLtXcAAazQl.jpg|(Art from Shin Megami Tensei: if...)
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zurvan Zurvān] - Britannica
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[[Category:Hermaphrodites]]
[[Category:Gnosticism]]