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Zoroaster ( Persian: زرتشت, romanized : Zartosht ), [a] also known as Zarathustra, [b] was an Iranian religious reformer and the founder of Zoroastrianism. It was founded in the second millennium BC. He also had an impact on Heraclitus, Plato, Pythagoras, and the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The name Zoroaster (Ζωροάστηρ) is a Greek rendering of the Avestan name Zarathustra. He is known as Zartosht and Zardosht in Persian and Zaratosht in Gujarati. The Zoroastrian name of the religion is Mazdayasna, which combines Mazda-with the Avestan word yasna, meaning "worship, devotion".
Jun 17, 2024 · The Iranian prophet and religious reformer Zarathushtra (flourished before the 6th century bce)—more widely known outside Iran as Zoroaster (the Greek form of his name)—is traditionally regarded as the founder of the religion.
May 28, 2020 · 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 (also given as Mazdayasna “devotion to Mazda”), the first monotheistic religion in the world, whose precepts would come to influence later faiths.
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...
Jan 21, 2020 · Zarathustra, also known as Zoroaster, was an ancient religious leader and philosopher born sometime between about 1700 BCE and 600 BCE, who is credited with founding Zoroastrianism.
Zoroaster ( Greek Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) or Zarathushtra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra ), also referred to as Zartosht (Persian: زرتشت ), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism, a religion that was the national religion of the Sassanid Empire of Persia; it is predominantly practiced today by the Parsi ...
Oct 2, 2009 · Zoroaster rejected the religion of the Bronze Age Iranians with their many gods and oppressive class structure, in which the Karvis and Karapans (princes and priests) controlled the ordinary ...
Zoroaster , or Zarathustra, (born c. 628, probably Rhages, Iran—died c. 551 bce ), Iranian religious reformer and prophet, founder of Zoroastrianism and Parsiism. He was a priest in his tribal religion, with which he eventually became disillusioned.
Apr 22, 2024 · According to tradition, Zarathushtra—Zoroaster in Greek —was a disillusioned priest of an ancient polytheistic religion who, after immersing himself in a river, received a revelation from Ahura...
