which are stylized as baskets or water buckets, being carried by eagle headed, winged beings" EDITOR'S NOTE Excellent photographs of these can be viewed at the following website http://www.crystalinks.com/godswaterbuckets.html (back to 174) 175 "... faravahar..." "The faravahar orb faroharb (transliteration varies) is one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism. The winged disc has along history in the art and culture of the ancient Near and Middle East. Historically, the symbol is influenced by the "winged sun" hieroglyph appearing on Bronze Age royal seals. While the symbol is currently thought to represent a Fravashi ca guardian angel) and from which it derives its name, what it represented in the minds of those who adapted it from earlier Mesopotamian and Egyptian reliefs is unclear. Because the symbol first appears on royal inscriptions, it is also thought to represent the 'Divine Royal Glory' (khvarenah), or the Fravashi of the king, or represented the divine
