Mazdaism
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Mazdaism (Armenian: Մազդէականութիւն; Persian: آیین مزدایی) It is a pre-Zoroastrian Iranian religion, believed to be the ancestor of Zoroastrianism, from which later religions would derive, unlike Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda is one of the gods in Mazdaism, considered to be equal to Mithra.
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- Definition of Mazdaism
- Ahura Mazda
- Trends
- Turya religion
- Medes religion
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Mazdaism (Armenian: Մազդէականութիւն; Persian: آیین مزدایی) It is a pre-Zoroastrian Iranian religion, believed to be the ancestor of Zoroastrianism, from which later religions would derive, unlike Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda is one of the gods in Mazdaism, considered to be equal to Mithra.
== Definition of Mazdaism == Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin said that Mazdaism was an ancient Iranian religion predating Zoroastrianism, centered on the worship of Ahura Mazda, but lacking the ethical dualism that Zarathustra would later introduce.
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