Zoroastrianism
41Zoroastrian festivals — Zoroastrianism has numerous festivals and holy days, all of which are bound to the Zoroastrian calendar. The Shahenshahi and Kadmi variants of the calendar do not intercalcate leap years and hence the day of the Gregorian calendar year on which… …
42World Savior — Zoroastrianism. Saoshyant. * * * …
43Saoshyans — ▪ Zoroastrianism in Zoroastrian eschatology, final saviour of the world and quencher of its evil; he is the foremost of three saviours (the first two are Ōshētar and Ōshētarmāh) who are all posthumous sons of Zoroaster. One will appear at… …
44Zoroastrian — Zoroastrianism ► NOUN ▪ a religion of ancient Persia based on the worship of a single god, founded by the prophet Zoroaster (also called Zarathustra) in the 6th century BC. DERIVATIVES Zoroastrian adjective & noun …
45World Savior — Zoroastrianism. Saoshyant …
46Zurvanism — is a now extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its First Principle (primordial creator deity). Zurvanism is also known as Zurvanite Zoroastrianism.In Zurvanism, Zurvan is the hypostasis of Time (and Space). The name, as …
47Zoroaster — For the sludge metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, see Zoroaster (band). Zoroaster Zaraϑuštra Spitāma Zoroaster holds the celestial sphere in Raphael s School of Athens Known for Founder of Zoroastrianism …
48angel and demon — ▪ religion Introduction demon also spelled daemon respectively, any benevolent or malevolent spiritual being that mediates between the transcendent and temporal realms. Throughout the history of religions (myth), varying kinds and… …
49Mary Boyce — Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce Born August 2, 1920(1920 08 02) Darjeeling, India Died April 4, 2006(2006 04 04) (aged 85) Occupation Philologist Known f …
50Ahura Mazda — Ormuzd redirects here. For the kingdom of Ohrmuzd, see Ormus. Hormazd redirects here. For the Sassanid rulers, see Hormizd. Mobed (right, with high crown) invests Ardashir I (left) with the ring of kingship. (Naqsh e Rustam, 3rd c. CE) Ahura… …
