Zoroaster

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Zoroastrian religious figure ancient Iranian person founder of religion philosopher of religion prophet religious reformer

Zoroaster was an ancient Iranian prophet and religious reformer who founded Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Zoroaster canonical 13
Zarathustra 5
Prophet Zoroaster 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian religious figure ⓘ
ancient Iranian person ⓘ
founder of religion ⓘ
philosopher of religion ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
approximateDate second millennium BCE (scholarly estimates vary) ⓘ
associatedConcept asha ⓘ
druj ⓘ
ethical monotheism ⓘ
free will ⓘ
associatedDeity Ahura Mazda ⓘ
associatedText Avesta ⓘ
Avesta ⓘ
surface form: Gathas
commemoratedOn Zoroastrian festivals such as Nowruz (indirectly) ⓘ
coreTeaching afterlife with heaven and hell ⓘ
Mashiach ⓘ
surface form: coming of a savior (Saoshyant)

emphasis on truth and righteousness (asha) ⓘ
final judgment of souls ⓘ
individual moral responsibility ⓘ
moral dualism between good and evil ⓘ
worship of Ahura Mazda as supreme god ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Iran ⓘ
era ancient ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Iranian
hasLegacy major influence on Persian culture ⓘ
one of the earliest known monotheistic prophets ⓘ
influenced Manichaeism ⓘ
Western philosophy via reception of “Zarathustra” ⓘ
later Iranian religious thought ⓘ
some strands of Christianity ⓘ
some strands of Islam ⓘ
some strands of Judaism ⓘ
knownFor composing the Gathas ⓘ
founding Zoroastrianism ⓘ
reforming ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
teaching ethical monotheism ⓘ
languageSpoken Avestan language ⓘ
surface form: Avestan
name Zoroaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zarathustra

Zoroaster self-link ⓘ
nameInAvestan Zoroaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zaraϑuštra
opposedDeity Tiamat ⓘ
surface form: Angra Mainyu
regionOfActivity Central Asia ⓘ
surface form: Central Asia (hypothesized)

eastern Iranian plateau ⓘ
religionFounded Zoroastrianism ⓘ
religiousTradition Zoroastrianism ⓘ
roleInText speaker of the Gathas ⓘ
veneratedAs prophet of Ahura Mazda ⓘ
veneratedIn Zoroastrianism ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Parsis → religiousFounder → Zoroaster ⓘ
Baha'i Faith → recognizesFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith
Thus Spoke Zarathustra → mainCharacter → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarathustra
Übermensch → centralFigureFor → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarathustra (Nietzsche’s prophet)
Avesta → associatedWith → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prophet Zoroaster
Zoroaster → name → Zoroaster self-link ⓘ
Zoroaster → name → Zoroaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarathustra
Zoroaster → nameInAvestan → Zoroaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaraϑuštra
Zoroastrianism → foundedBy → Zoroaster ⓘ
Zoroastrianism → veneratedFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
The School of Athens → depicts → Zoroaster ⓘ
Jean-Philippe Rameau → notableWork → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastre
Iranian mythology → hasCentralFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
Javid Nama → featuresCharacter → Zoroaster ⓘ
the last man → criticizedBy → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarathustra
Creation → featuresHistoricalFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
Axial Age → associatedWithThinker → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarathustra
Vendidad → associatedProphet → Zoroaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zarathustra
Ahura Mazda → revealedTo → Zoroaster ⓘ
Iranian Zoroastrians → founderOfReligionFollowed → Zoroaster ⓘ
Ancient Iran → majorProphet → Zoroaster ⓘ
Saoshyant → associatedFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ