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1 dzień temu · The most important texts of Zoroastrianism are those contained within the Avesta, which includes the Gathas—the central writings that are thought to have been composed by Zoroaster himself, serving as sacred hymns within Zoroastrian liturgy, known as the Yasna.
17 cze 2024 · Zoroastrianism, ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran with both monotheistic and dualistic elements that likely influenced the other major religions, including in angelology and eschatology. Zoroastrian communities still exist in Iran and in India, where they are known as Parsis.
6 dni temu · In Zoroastrianism, a worshipper faces heavens/sky, a celestial light, an eternal or sacred flame during prayers. It is so because Godhood is viewed as “seeking new horizons, light and illumination” in the Zoroastrian religion.
17 cze 2024 · Two persons are recorded, in different sources, as helping to establish Zoroastrianism under the first Sasanians: Kartēr and Tansar. Whereas Kartēr is known through contemporary inscriptions, most of which were written by himself, Tansar (or Tosar) is only remembered in later books.
10 cze 2024 · The main religion of ancient Persia was Zoroastrianism, a monotheistic belief system. Who was Zoroaster? Zoroaster (also known as Zarathustra) was a Persian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism.
17 cze 2024 · Zoroastrianism - Fire, Ahura Mazda, Ahriman: There is no Zoroastrian art. Be it in the Achaemenid, Arsacid, or Sasanian period, Iranian art was predominantly royal. Only one god is represented during the first period: Auramazda, as a winged disk hovering above the king.
2 dni temu · The Shang people's religious perception was polytheistic. They believed in a supreme being leading smaller spirits, including natural gods and ancestral deities, and focused on a cosmological concept centered around a celestial northern pole, which housed the most sacred gods in the Shang pantheon. Dì
