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13 results for "Vesta"
A_4_40 — Avesta & Zoroastrian Scripture
The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred texts in Zoroastrianism, the ancient Persian religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra (Zoroaster), traditionally dated between 1500–1000 BCE. The oldest section, the Gath
A_4_09 — Avestan Texts — Gathas, Vendidad, and Yasna
The Avesta is the primary scripture of Zoroastrianism, the religion founded by the prophet Zarathushtra (Greek: Zoroaster) in ancient Iran. The surviving Avesta — a fraction of a much larger corpus reportedly destroyed d
Y_1_05 — Soma and Haoma — The Sacred Plant of Vedic and Avestan Ritual
Soma (Sanskrit: sóma) is the most celebrated sacred substance in the Vedic corpus — a pressed plant juice ritually offered to the gods and consumed by priests, praised in all 114 hymns of Rig Veda Mandala IX plus ~6 addi
A_2_08 — Zoroastrian Influence on Abrahamic Religions
The proposition that Zoroastrianism fundamentally shaped the theological development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — particularly the concepts of cosmic dualism, Satan, angelology, bodily resurrection, final judgme
A_4_23 — Bundahishn: Zoroastrian Creation and Cosmic Battle
The Bundahishn (Bundahišn, "Primal Creation") is the most important Zoroastrian cosmogonical text, composed in Middle Persian (Pahlavi) during the 9th century CE but preserving traditions that are centuries or millennia
W_1_11 — Roman Religion, Augury, and Imperial Cult
Roman religion was not a personal faith system but a civic technology — a complex apparatus of ritual obligations, priestly colleges, and divinatory techniques designed to maintain the pax deorum ("peace of the gods") up
W_1_12 — Persian Civilization — Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid
Persian civilization produced three of antiquity's greatest empires — the Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), Parthian (247 BCE–224 CE), and Sassanid (224–651 CE) — that together dominated the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts
ZH_5_24 — Zoroastrian Astral Cosmology and Fire-Temple Astronomy
Zoroastrianism — one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions, founded by Zarathustra (dates debated: c. 1500–600 BCE) in Greater Iran — embedded astronomical observation deeply into its cosmology, calendar
C_1_12 — Fire Symbolism, Sacred Flame, and the Theft of Fire
Fire is arguably the most transformative technology in human history — and the most universally sacralized natural phenomenon. The control of fire (~1.5 million years ago, Homo erectus) enabled cooking (which transformed
C_5_12 — Baltic Mythology — Lithuanian and Latvian Sacred Traditions
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C_5_04 — Zoroastrianism: The Demonization Pivot
Zoroastrianism (c. 1500–1000 BCE) introduced strict cosmic dualism — the absolute opposition of good (Ahura Mazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu/Ahriman) — and in doing so transformed serpent/dragon figures from ambiguous or po
ZG_2_05 — Sacred Languages — Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin
Across civilizations, certain languages have been elevated above the ordinary functions of communication to the status of sacred or liturgical languages — vehicles believed to possess special power by virtue of their con
B_5_18 — Iranian Mythology: Shahnameh, Divs, and the Cosmic Struggle
Iranian mythology constitutes one of the world's oldest and most influential mythological traditions, deeply shaped by Zoroastrian cosmic dualism — the eternal struggle between Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord, truth/asha) and Ang
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