Zoroastrianism

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ancient Iranian religion monotheistic religion religion

Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, originating in ancient Persia and centered on the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster and the worship of the supreme god Ahura Mazda.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Zoroastrian 1
Zoroastrian priesthood 1
Zoroastrianism (historical) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
monotheistic religion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
centralDeity Ahura Mazda ⓘ
clergyTitle dastur ⓘ
mobed ⓘ
coreConcept asha ⓘ
druj ⓘ
ethical dualism ⓘ
free will ⓘ
emphasizes good deeds ⓘ
good thoughts ⓘ
good words ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
truth ⓘ
eschatologyIncludes final judgment ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
ethnoReligiousCommunity Iranian Zoroastrians ⓘ
Parsis ⓘ
foundedBy Zoroaster ⓘ
funeraryPractice exposure of the dead in Towers of Silence ⓘ
hasConcept Amesha Spentas ⓘ
Chinvat Bridge ⓘ
Fravashi ⓘ
Saoshyant ⓘ
final renovation of the world ⓘ
hasSymbol Faravahar ⓘ
fire altar ⓘ
historicalCenter Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
holyBook Avesta ⓘ
influenced Christian eschatology ⓘ
Islamic eschatology ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
initiationRite navjote ⓘ
languageOfScripture Avestan language ⓘ
surface form: Avestan
modernCenter India ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
moralMaxim good thoughts, good words, good deeds ⓘ
originatedIn Persia ⓘ
surface form: ancient Persia
placeOfWorship fire temple ⓘ
prohibits contamination of earth by corpses ⓘ
contamination of fire by corpses ⓘ
recognizesSpirit Angra Mainyu ⓘ
Spenta Mainyu ⓘ
ritualElement fire ⓘ
scripturePart Avesta ⓘ
surface form: Gathas
teaches cosmic struggle between good and evil ⓘ
veneratedFigure Zoroaster ⓘ
worships Ahura Mazda ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heaven → associatedWith → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Iranian peoples → associatedWithReligion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Hell → depictedIn → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Yama → equivalentCulture → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian
Silk Road routes → facilitatedSpreadOf → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
angel → foundInTradition → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Yazd → hasEthnicGroup → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrians
Persian literature → hasReligionContext → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Eastern Arabia → historicalReligion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Persian → historicalReligion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Persians → historicalReligion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Yazidism → historicalRoots → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Din-i Ilahi → influencedBy → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Manichaeism → influencedBy → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Indians → majorReligion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Persian → minorityReligion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Persian → notableReligionBeforeIslam → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Avesta → preservedBy → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian priesthood
Avesta → primaryScriptureOf → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Artaxerxes I of Persia → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Avesta → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Cambyses I → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrianism (traditional attribution)
Cambyses II → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Cassandane → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Dadabhai Naoroji → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Darius I of Persia → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrianism (likely)
Darius III → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Fedallah → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Freddie Mercury → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Godrej family → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Gujarati people → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Iranian American → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
subject surface form: Iranian Americans
Jamsetji Tata → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Khorasan → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrianism (historical)
Kushan Empire → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Marathi people → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Parsis → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Parthian Empire → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Petit family → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Rattanbai Jinnah → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
Sasanian Empire → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Satrapy of Egypt → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Tata family → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Tower of Silence → religion → Zoroastrianism ⓘ