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Zoroastrian or Iranian cosmology refers to the origins (cosmogony) and structure (cosmography) of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrian literature describing cosmographical beliefs include the Avesta and, in later Middle Persian literature, texts including the Bundahishn, Denkard, and the Wizidagiha-i Zadspram.

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Zoroastrian cosmology

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Zoroastrian or Iranian cosmology refers to the origins (cosmogony) and structure (cosmography) of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrian literature...

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Religious cosmology

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what humans should do in context. Variations in religious cosmology include Zoroastrian cosmology, those such as from India Buddhism, Hindu, and Jain; the...

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Ancient near eastern cosmology

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near eastern (ANE) cosmology refers to the plurality of cosmological beliefs in the Ancient Near East (including Mesopotamian cosmology from civilizations...

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Cosmology

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Cosmology (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (cosmos) 'the universe, the world', and λογία (logia) 'study of') is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing...

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Zoroastrian literature

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the Parsi community is the Pārsi Prakāś ("Parsi Luster"). Pazend Zoroastrian cosmology Andrés-Toledo 2015, p. 519. Andrés-Toledo 2015, p. 519–523. Andrés-Toledo...

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Zoroastrianism

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into a mountainous, violent place that is half night. According to Zoroastrian cosmology, in articulating the Ahuna Vairya formula, Ahura Mazda made the...

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Amesha Spenta

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particular in the Bundahishn, an 11th or 12th century work that recounts Zoroastrian cosmology[broken anchor]. The expression Amesha Spenta does not occur in the...

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Mandaean cosmology

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attributes) in Jewish mysticism Religion and mythology Religious cosmology Zoroastrian cosmology Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean...

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Early Greek cosmology

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may be related to earlier, Indo-European cosmogony. Jewish cosmology Zoroastrian cosmology Clay 1992, p. 132. Keyser 2020, p. 45–47. Keyser 2020, p. 47–54...

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Bundahishn

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"Primal Creation") is an encyclopedic collection of beliefs about Zoroastrian cosmology written in the Book Pahlavi script. The original name of the work...

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Dualism in cosmology

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Dualism in cosmology or dualistic cosmology is the moral or spiritual belief that two fundamental concepts exist, which often oppose each other. It is...

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Iranian calendars

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added, creating the six gahanbar: The first calendars based on Zoroastrian cosmology appeared in the later Achaemenid period (650 to 330 BC). They evolved...

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Fertile Crescent

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Persian Scythian Ossetian Cosmology Ancient near eastern cosmology Early Greek cosmology Zoroastrian cosmology Jewish cosmology Flat earth Firmament Seven...

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Heraclitus

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foot. The 9th century CE Dadestan i Denig preserves information on Zoroastrian cosmology, but also shows direct borrowings from Aristotle. A quotation on...

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Timeline of cosmological theories

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driven by desires. c. 15th–6th century BCE – During this period, Zoroastrian Cosmology Develops and defines Creation as a manifestation of a cosmic conflict...

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Outline of metaphysics

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that exists is a mere aspect of qi, which, "condens Zoroastrian Cosmology – In Zoroastrian Cosmology, based on contents of ancient scriptures such as Avesta...

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Zoroastrianism in Iran

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monotheistic theology and dualistic cosmology present in both religions. This intellectual exchange likely also changed Zoroastrians ideas about their own religion...

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Elasmotherium

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2016. Retrieved 28 November 2018. Russell, James R. (2009). "From Zoroastrian Cosmology and Armenian heresiology to the Russian novel". In Allison, Christine;...

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List of cities of the ancient Near East

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Persian Scythian Ossetian Cosmology Ancient near eastern cosmology Early Greek cosmology Zoroastrian cosmology Jewish cosmology Flat earth Firmament Seven...

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Ahriman

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is the Avestan name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive/evil spirit" and the main adversary in Zoroastrianism either of the Spenta Mainyu...

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Ameretat

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tradition (see below). These associations with also reflect the Zoroastrian cosmological model in which each of the Amesha Spentas is identified with one...

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History of calendars

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calendar synchronized with the seasons. The first calendars based on Zoroastrian cosmology appeared in the later Achaemenid period (650 to 330 BC). They evolved...

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Jewish cosmology

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Jewish cosmology refers to a cluster of cosmological views held in Jewish systems of thought and theology in premodern times. This includes literature...

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Persecution of Zoroastrians

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of Zoroastrians has been recorded throughout the history of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. The notably large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians began...

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Ahura Mazda

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identified many of Mani's cosmological figures with Zoroastrian ones. This may partly be because Mani was born in the greatly Zoroastrian Parthian Empire. In...

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Haurvatat

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tradition (see below). These associations with also reflect the Zoroastrian cosmological model in which each of the Amesha Spentas is identified with one...

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History of the Middle East

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in Israel, and followers of Iranian religions, such as Yazdânism and Zoroastrianism. Some of the smaller ethnoreligious minorities include the Shabak people...

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Gavaevodata

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is the Avestan language name of the primordial bovine of Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology, one of Ahura Mazda's six primordial material creations and...

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Fire temple

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the place of worship for the followers of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Persia. In Zoroastrianism, atar or fire, together with aban, water,...

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