- equal-but-opposite twins,
Ahura Mazda and
Angra Mainyu.
Zurvanism is also
known as "
Zurvanite Zoroastrianism", and may be
contrasted with Mazdaism. In Zurvanism, Zurvan...
-
story of Ahriman's
ripping open the womb to
emerge first suggests that
Zurvanite ideology perceived Ahriman to be evil by choice,
rather than
always having...
- was the
Middle Persian version of
Ahura Mazda Although the
origins of
Zurvanite Zoroastrianism are unclear, it was
during the S****anid
period that it...
- when
speaking of one or the
other in a
positive context. In
Zurvanism (
Zurvanite Zoroastrianism, a now-extinct form of Zoroastrianism), Vata-Vayu represented...
- late
Achaemenid Empire,
Zoroastrianism was also
evident as
Zurvanism (
Zurvanite Zoroastrianism), a
monist dualism that had a
following as late as the...
-
religion in the
Armenian lands. The S****anids
aggressively promoted the
Zurvanite form of Zoroastrianism,
often building fire
temples in
captured territories...
-
tolerated and
encouraged a
variety of
religions and
seems to have been a
Zurvanite himself,
religious minorities at
times were
suppressed under later kings...
-
World of
Darkness or
underworld (alma d-hšuka) that is evil.
Zurvanism (
Zurvanite Zoroastrianism) and
Manichaeism are
representative of
dualistic and monist...
- evil
twins is
ancient and mythical. One of the
earliest may be in the
Zurvanite branch of Zoroastrianism. This sect
distilled the
general abstract duality...
- name of a
particular (but hypothetical)
priestly tradition that
embraced Zurvanite doctrine. The
conventional translation as 'heretic' was
already common...
