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Zoroastrianism

The name Zarathustra is an alternative to Zoroaster, which is the name of the founder of an ancient Persian monotheistic religion. Learn more about it and its founder.

Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda, the Iranian sky god, the Wise Lord or Lord Wisdom was the god of the ancient Zoroastrians.

Avesta
The scriptures of Zoroastrianism, the religion developed by the prophet and savior Zoroaster.

Zoroaster
Details about Zoroaster, including his birth legends, his name, and the sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism. For a more basic article see the glossary entry on Zoroaster/Zarathustra.

Zoroastrianism
A basic summary of what the ancient Zoroastrian religion is about.

What Are the Attributes of the Zoroastrian Amesha Spentas?
The helpers on the side of order, truth, and the good --- that is, on Spenta Mainyu's side --- are sets of pairs active on the personal level for humans and for the good of social units, like nations, as well as on behalf of the non-human elements in the world.

Yazata
Yazata is a term for a type of ancient Iranian 'god', using the word very loosely, since they generally were not what we would recognize as the humanoid gods of the Greek and Roman pantheons or the paternal figure of the Judaeo-Christian tradition.

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