Editing Atar (section)

===As a divinity===
During the late [[Achaemenid dynasty|Achaemenid era]], ''adar''—as the quintessence of the [[Yazata]] ''Adar''—was incorporated in the Zoroastrian hierarchy of divinities. In that position, ''Adar'' aids ''Asha Vahishta'' (Avestan, [[Middle Persian]]: ''Ardvahisht''), the [[Amesha Spenta]] responsible for the luminaries. From among the flowers associated with the [[Yazata]]s, ''Adar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s is the [[Calendula|marigold (''calendula'')]] (''Bundahishn'' 27.24).

The importance of the divinity ''Adar'' is evident from a dedication to the entity in the [[Zoroastrian calendar]]: ''Adar'' is one of the only five [[Yazata]]s that have a month-name dedication. Additionally, ''Adar'' is the name of the ninth day of the month in the Zoroastrian religious calendar, and the ninth month of the year of the civil Iranian calendar of 1925 ([[modern Persian]]: ''[[Azar]]'') which has month-names derived from those used by the Zoroastrian calendar.

In Zoroastrian cosmogony, ''Adar'' was the seventh of the seven creations of the material universe. It is only with ''Adar''<nowiki/>'s assistance, who serves as the life-force, that the other six creations begin their work (''Bundahishn'' 3.7–8; more logically explained in ''Zatspram'' 3.77–83).