- Zoroaster - Wikipedia
According to Zoroastrian tradition, Zoroaster was trained as a priest from a young age and, around age 30, experienced a divine revelation introducing him to Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, and the dualism of truth (asha) versus deception (druj)
- Zarathustra - World History Encyclopedia
Zarathustra (also given as Zoroaster, Zartosht, Zarathustra Spitama, l c 1500-1000 BCE) was the Persian priest-turned-prophet who founded the religion of Zoroastrianism
- Zoroastrianism | Definition, Beliefs, Founder, Holy Book . . .
Zoroastrianism was founded in Persia in the 6th century BCE by the priest Zarathustra, known to the Greeks as Zoroaster Zarathustra reformed existing Persian polytheism with his teachings about the highest god, Ahura Mazdā, and his primeval clash with Angra Mainyu, the Destructive Spirit
- Who Was Zoroaster and How Did He Gain Religious Followers?
Zoroaster was a prophet of ancient Persia, whose teachings laid the foundation for the religion known as Zoroastrianism, which largely dominated the land of Iran until the arrival of Islam after the fall of the Sassanian Empire
- Zoroaster - New World Encyclopedia
Zoroaster may have emanated from the old school of Median Magi and appeared first among the Medes as the prophet of a new faith, but met with sacerdotal opposition and turned eastward
- Zoroastrianism - HISTORY
The prophet Zoroaster (Zarathrustra in ancient Persian) is regarded as the founder of Zoroastrianism, which is arguably the world’s oldest monotheistic faith
- Zoroastrianism for Beginners - Learn Religions
It centers on the words of the prophet Zarathushtra, called Zoroaster by the ancient Greeks, and focuses worship upon Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom It also acknowledges two competing principles representing good and evil: Spenta Mainyu (“Bounteous Spirit”) and Angra Mainyu (“Destructive Spirit”)
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