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- Zoroastrianism (or Mazdaism) refers to the religion developed from the teachings of the Persian prophet Zarathushtra (c. tenth century B.C.E ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
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- by Zoroaster (the central prophet of Zoroastrianism) to be the one uncreated ... These lines occupy a status in Zoroastrianism comparable to that of ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- An archangel is a superior or higher-ranking angel found in a number of religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 02:14, 9 January 2023
- however, seen as demonic figures in Zoroastrianism. Devas are also a classification ... some to have become the Supreme God of Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda, and thus ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- Zoroastrianism (or Mazdaism) refers to the religion developed from the teachings of the Persian prophet Zarathushtra (c. tenth century B.C.E ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- traditions including Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism, among ... Although having fewer adherents than Zoroastrianism, for example, Manichaeism ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- qualities. In the Avesta scripture of Zoroastrianism, Haoma has an entire ... Zoroastrianism adopted many aspects of the surrounding Indo-Aryan ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- a symbol of divine purity and illumination. In Zoroastrianism, fire, together with clean water, is an agent of ritual purity. These substances are used ...25 KB (4,046 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- ), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism ... by Mary Boyce in her A History of Zoroastrianism (1989). ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- and ancient Iranian philosophy including Zoroastrianism. ... *Zoroastrianism **Zarathustra **Avesta **Gathas *Mazdakism ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- In contrast to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism, Hinduism ... ===Zoroastrianism=== In Zoroastrianism, the adversary of the God of ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- traditions including Mithraism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity ... as the Buddha's Enlightenment, Zoroastrianism's victory of light ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- widely practiced religion in the world, Zoroastrianism has deeply influenced the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It provided numerous ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- in 637, Islam largely superseded Zoroastrianism, and the power of the ... *Zoroastrianism *Astrology *Mithraism *Gospel of Matthew ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- Meitreya, Hinduism Avatar, Judaism Messiah, Zoroastrianism Saoshyans, and Islam Imam-Mahdi. This remarkable coincidence of expectations for a saving human ...6 KB (941 words) - 06:21, 15 June 2023
- during his period that the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism were completed, which preserved for posterity the wisdom taught by this tradition, which reminds ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- ===Zoroastrianism=== *~700 B.C.E. "That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self." ...18 KB (2,926 words) - 05:37, 20 December 2022
- fewer adherents than Christianity or Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism won the ... Influences of other religions such as Zoroastrianism and gnosticism ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- in the Avesta, the Zoroastrian holy book, Zoroastrianism takes a much different interpretation of Indra's character. Rather than venerating ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- | Buddhism, Zoroastrianism |- ! Capitals | Samarkand, Bukhara, Khujand, Kesh ... Nestorian Christianity, and Zoroastrianism all had significant followings ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- ===Zoroastrianism=== As a rule, the Parsis strongly forbid cremation, as it defiles the fire, symbol of all that is sacred. Burial is also disavowed ...24 KB (3,818 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- hell was allegedly imported into Judaism from Zoroastrianism, and it appears to have supplanted the earlier concept of Sheol (mentioned in Isaiah 38:18 ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- ===Zoroastrianism=== Nowruz ( نوروز ), also known as Persian New Year, a Zoroastrian holiday, marks the first day of spring and the beginning ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- was classed with Buddhism and Zoroastrianism as another “foreign ... As for the Da-chin (Nestorian) and Muhu (Zoroastrianism) temples, ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Macrocosm/microcosm is a Greek compound of μακρο- "Macro-" and μικρο- "Micro-," which are Greek respectively for ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- Mihragan, or the festival of sharing or love in Zoroastrianism. * The spring equinox marks the Wiccan Sabbat of Ostara (or Eostar), while at the ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- no doubt exposed to Zoroastrian influence. Zoroastrianism had developed the concept of a volitional evil deity Angra Mainyu who existed in counterpoint ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- Dualistic religions, such as Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, attribute ... *Zoroastrianism—In the originally Persian religion of Zoroastrianism ...41 KB (6,708 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- hoped-for Good Kingdom did not arrive, Zoroastrianism focused on the fate of ... powers of goodness. In other words, Zoroastrianism affirms an eschatological ...39 KB (6,287 words) - 23:22, 20 February 2022
- #039;s view—was simply Romanized Zoroastrianism. This "continuity ... Mary Boyce, 1996, A history of Zoroastrianism, vol. 1, Early period ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- and was an important astrological symbol in Zoroastrianism, which may represent the astrological chart at the time of David's birth or anointment ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- founder of the religion of Zoroastrianism and an early proponent of pantheism, though the religion he founded later diversified to also include ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- Dindorf, 67). However; there is no tradition in Zoroastrianism, nor its scriptures, to support this postulation. ==Buddhist relics== ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- In the Persian Empire, Zoroastrianism was the state religion of the Sassanid dynasty which lasted until 651 C.E., when Persia was conquered by ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- of the basically monotheistic Zoroastrianism and those who wanted to bring back the Magian worship of Mithra and Anahita. Some Christian readers ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- "the ancient Iranian religion of Zoroastrianism." ... both of which are preserved in Zoroastrianism. The Ashvamedha (horse ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Fables of Bidpai, by Ruzbih, a convert from Zoroastrianism, who took the name Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa. It is not quite so strange, however, when one ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- The Samanids (819–999)Sāmāniyān) were a Persian dynasty in Central Asia and Greater Khorasan, named after its founder Saman Khuda who converted ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- of the Abrahamic religions, as well as Zoroastrianism, the Indian religions ... the glory of the Father"; from Zoroastrianism, the return of Shah Bahram ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- A yarmulke (Hebrew: יאַרמלקע meaning "cap") is a thin, slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn by Orthodox Jewish men ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- around 550 B.C.E. During this period, Zoroastrianism spread in Azerbaijan ... Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan dates back to the first millennium B ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 2023
- Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. ... West || Pahlavi Texts, vol. 5 of 5. Marvels of Zoroastrianism. ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- this reflected a separate influence from Zoroastrianism via their parent ideology of Pythagoreanism. According to Larson, both the Essenes and Pythagoreans ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-exile Jewish culture and was popular among early Christians. ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- arrival of the Arabs, they had converted to Zoroastrianism. Their short-lived Islamic legacy would count against them during the reign of al-Mahdi's ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- E. were more influenced by Hellenism than by Zoroastrianism. It was there, at Pergamum on the Aegean Sea, in the second century B.C.E., that Greek sculptors ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- Fire occupies a unique place in nature. It is not matter itself, but it involves the reaction of different types of matter to generate energy ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- of the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, was completed, heresy ... 1999, 219. In order to reestablish Zoroastrianism in Armenia, he crushed ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- union between Christianity and Zoroastrianism. The more cautious Georgios urged the necessity for ecclesiastical union with Rome on doctrinal ...17 KB (2,731 words) - 06:49, 18 April 2024
- is common among traditional peoples. In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spenta are seen as emanating spirits of Ahura Mazda. In Christian Science, Spirit ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- in Babylonia under the influence of the Zoroastrianism religion of the Persian Empire, demonology never became a mainstream feature of Jewish theology ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
