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Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion created by Zoroaster, who lived in eastern ancient Iran around 1000 BC. Other names for Zoroastrianism are Mazdaism and Parsiism. It is the ancestral religion of the Persians. Zoroastrianism is a monotheistic religion. The Zoroastrian god is called Ahura Mazda. The holy book of Zoroastrianism is the Zend ...
Feb 13, 2018 · Zoroastrianism is an ancient Persian religion that may have originated as early as 4,000 years ago. Arguably the world’s first monotheistic faith, it’s one of the oldest religions still in...
The Avesta (/ ə ˈ v ɛ s t ə /) is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. [1] The Avesta texts fall into several different categories, arranged either by dialect , or by usage.
Dec 12, 2019 · Definition. by Joshua J. Mark. published on 12 December 2019. Available in other languages: Spanish, Turkish. Faravahar, Yazd. Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA) Zoroastrianism is the monotheistic faith established by the Persian prophet Zoroaster (also given as Zarathustra, Zartosht) between c. 1500-1000 BCE.
Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest living world-religions. Professor Almut Hintze explores its history and some of the key components of the religion: its beliefs, sacred texts and rituals.
Dec 6, 2023 · Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest known living religions and has its origins in the distant past. It developed about three and a half thousand years ago from the ancient Indo-Iranian religion that was once shared by the ancestors of nomadic herding tribes that later settled in Iran and northern India.
Zoroastrianism, also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. One of the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of the Avesta and the Iranian prophet Zoroaster.
