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Fravashi (''fravaši'', ) is the Avestan language term for the Zoroastrian concept of a personal spirit of an individual, whether dead, living, and yet-unborn. The ''fravashi''s of an individual sends out the ''urvan'' (often translated as 'soul') into the material world to fight the battle of good versus evil. On the morning of the fourth day after death, the ''urvan'' is imagined to return to its ''fravashi'', where its experiences in the material world are collected to assist the next generation in their fight between good and evil. In the 9/10th-century works of Zoroastrian tradition (the so-called Pahlavi books), Avestan ''fravashi'' continues as Middle Persian ''fravard'' (and -w- forms, ''fraward'' etc), ''fravahr'', ''fravash'' or ''fravaksh''. The last days of a year, called ''frawardigan'', are dedicated to the ''fravashi''s. The first month of the year as well as the 19th day of each month are considered under the protection of, and named after, the ''fravashi''s. The winged-disc symbol of Zoroastrianism is traditionally interpreted as a depiction of a ''fravash''i. ==Etymology== The word ''fravashi'' is commonly perceived to have ''var-'' "to choose," as its root. From reconstructed '' *fravarti'' (/rt/ clusters in Avestan usually appear as /š/), ''fravashi'' could then mean "one who has been selected (for exaltation)." The same root, in the sense of "to choose/profess a faith," is found in the word ''fravarane'', the name of the Zoroastrian credo. Other interpretations take other meanings of ''var-'' into consideration: Either as ''var-'' "to cover" that in a bahuvrihi with ''fra-'' "to ward" provides "protective valor," or a derivation from ''var-'' "to make/be pregnant" which gives "promoter of birth, birth-spirit." One interpretation considers a derivation from ''vart-'' "turn" hence "turning away, departing, death." The ''Epistles of Zadspram'', a 10th century exegetical work, derives ''fravashi'' from ''fra-vaxsh'' "to grow forth." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「fravashi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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