The name Zoroaster (Ζωροάστηρ) is a Greek rendering of the Avestan name Zarathustra. He is known as Zartosht and Zardosht in Persian and Zaratosht in Gujarati. The Zoroastrian name of the religion is Mazdayasn… See more

Some scholars believe Zoroastrianism started as an Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion. Yujin Nagasawa says that "like the rest of the Zoroastrian texts, the Old Avesta does not teach monotheism". However Sayem des… See more

Zoroastrianism contains multiple classes of divine beings, who are typically organised into tiers and spheres of influence.
The Ahura are a class of divine beings "inherited by Zoroastrianism from the prehistoric I… See more

In Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda is the beginning and the end, the creator of everything that can and cannot be seen, the eternal and uncreated, the all-good and source of Asha. In the Gathas, the most sacred text… See more

Throughout Zoroastrian history, shrines and temples have been the focus of worship and pilgrimage for adherents of the religion. Early Zoroastrians were recorded as worshiping in the 5th century BCE on mounds an… See more