Haoma is the sacred plant or tree in the Zoroastrian faith, as well as a Yazata ("Beings worthy of Worship"). The name also refers to the divinity of the sacred plant. The concept of Haoma has its origins in the Indo-Iranian Vedic religion and is a cognate of the Vedic concept of Soma, which also exists in Hinduism. Simurgh lives within Haoma's branches and when she leaves the tree she spread Haoma's seeds, which are then carried by the winds of Vayu-Vata and rain of Tishtoriya. Haoma's seeds then take root to become every type of plant that has ever lived, and curing all the illnesses of mankind.
