Zoroaster - Wikipedia Zarathushtra Spitama, [c] more commonly known as Zoroaster [d] or Zarathustra, [e] was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism | Definition, Beliefs, Founder, Holy Book, Facts . . . 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
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 (also given as Mazdayasna “devotion to Mazda”), the first monotheistic religion in the world, whose precepts would come to influence later faiths
Zoroastrianism for Beginners - Learn Religions Zoroastrianism is arguably the world’s oldest monotheistic religion 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
Zoroastrianism: History, definition, founder beliefs Zoroastrianism is defined as a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion that emerged in ancient Persia around the 6th century BC Established by the Persian prophet Zoroaster (also known as Zartosht or Zarathustra), Zoroastrianism has Ahura Mazda as the supreme deity and creator of everything in the universe
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
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 - Encyclopedia. com Zoroaster (active 1st millennium B C ) was a prophet of ancient Iran and the founder of the Iranian national religion Zoroastrianism is ranked with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam among the higher religions originating in the Middle East The dates given for Zoroaster by ancient and modern writers differ considerably
Zoroaster - New World Encyclopedia 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 community
Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia Zoroastrianism (Persian: دین زرتشتی Dīn-e Zartoshtī), also called Mazdayasnā (Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀) or Beh-dīn (بهدین), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, Zoroaster (Greek: Ζωροάστρις Zōroastris)