Zurvan

or Zer·van

[ zur-vuhn ]

noun

1. the ancient Iranian god of time and fate.

Example Sentences

And O Zoora, steed of Zurvan my betrothed, there's no loveliness for us in life, for the loveliest is gone; and let us die, Zoora, mare of Zurvan my betrothed, for what is dying to us, O Zoora, who cherish beyond all that which death has taken?'

From Project Gutenberg

Ere long the Emir came forth, and his foot was on the body of his son, and he knew death on the chin and the eyes of Zurvan, his sole son.

From Project Gutenberg

Bhanavar trembled at the sight of the Jewel, and its redness was to her as the blood of Zurvan and Almeryl.

From Project Gutenberg

Then it was agreed between them that Bhanavar should depart from the encampment of the tribe before the return of Ruark, and seek shelter among her own people again, and aid them and the tribe of Zurvan, her betrothed, by the might of the Jewel which was hers, fulfilling the desire of Zurvan.

From Project Gutenberg

At that sight the tears poured from her eyelids, and she sobbed out to the mare, 'O Zoora! never mare bore nobler burden on her back than thou in Zurvan my betrothed.

From Project Gutenberg