Zoroastrianism
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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.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685356 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoroastrianism Context triple: [Achaemenid Empire, religion, Zoroastrianism]
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A.
Parsis
Parsis are a Zoroastrian ethno-religious community in India, historically influential in commerce, industry, and philanthropy, especially in western regions such as Mumbai (formerly part of the Bombay Presidency).
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B.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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C.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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D.
Tengrism
Tengrism is an ancient Central Asian shamanistic and animistic belief system centered on the sky god Tengri, traditionally practiced by Turkic and Mongolic peoples including the Mongols.
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E.
Babylonian polytheism
Babylonian polytheism was the ancient Mesopotamian religious system centered on a pantheon of gods like Marduk, Ishtar, and Shamash, involving temple worship, rituals, and myths that shaped Babylonian culture and kingship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoroastrianism Target entity description: 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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A.
Parsis
Parsis are a Zoroastrian ethno-religious community in India, historically influential in commerce, industry, and philanthropy, especially in western regions such as Mumbai (formerly part of the Bombay Presidency).
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B.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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C.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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D.
Tengrism
Tengrism is an ancient Central Asian shamanistic and animistic belief system centered on the sky god Tengri, traditionally practiced by Turkic and Mongolic peoples including the Mongols.
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E.
Babylonian polytheism
Babylonian polytheism was the ancient Mesopotamian religious system centered on a pantheon of gods like Marduk, Ishtar, and Shamash, involving temple worship, rituals, and myths that shaped Babylonian culture and kingship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Iranian religion
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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
ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zoroastrianism Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (337)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet
this entity surface form:
Zoroastrianism (late period)
this entity surface form:
Zoroastrian
subject surface form:
Eastern Iran
this entity surface form:
Zoroastrians
this entity surface form:
Zoroastrian tradition (Achaemenid royal ideology)
this entity surface form:
Zoroastrianism (probable)