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| rdfs:comment | - Zoroaster (Avestan Zaraθuštra) is credited with inventing the first monotheistic religion and nuclear energy. Historians disagree on when he lived, but many believe it was between 2000 BC and 1800 BC. He prayed to a single God called "Ahura Mazda" ("Rotary Engine") by hanging upside down for days at a time. Who knew, centuries later, a Japanese Wankel engine would ultimately occupy the position of the One True God?
- Zoroaster, also known as Zarathushtra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra IPA: [ˈzaːˌraˈθuːʃˌtrʌ], b. 18th↔10th century BCE), was an ancient Iranian prophet and philosopher, and the founder of the Zoroastrian religion. The form Zoroaster ([ˌzoroˈæsˌtɘr]) is of a Greek and Latin derivation from the Avestan (cf. name). The alternative, less common English-language form "Zarathushtra" is a modern rendering of the Avestan pronunciation. In the Middle Persian and Modern Persian language (8th century–present) he is called Zartosht (Persian: زرتشت [ˈzɑːrˌtoʃt]).
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| Caption | - Zoroaster, portrayed here in a popular Parsi Zoroastrian depiction. This iconographic tradition can be traced to the eighteenth century.
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| Children | - Freni, Pourucista, Triti;
- Isat Vastar, Uruvat-Nara, Hvare Ciθra
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| Known For | - Founder of Zoroastrianism
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| Parents | - Pourushaspa Spitāma, Dughdova
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| abstract | - Zoroaster, also known as Zarathushtra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra IPA: [ˈzaːˌraˈθuːʃˌtrʌ], b. 18th↔10th century BCE), was an ancient Iranian prophet and philosopher, and the founder of the Zoroastrian religion. The form Zoroaster ([ˌzoroˈæsˌtɘr]) is of a Greek and Latin derivation from the Avestan (cf. name). The alternative, less common English-language form "Zarathushtra" is a modern rendering of the Avestan pronunciation. In the Middle Persian and Modern Persian language (8th century–present) he is called Zartosht (Persian: زرتشت [ˈzɑːrˌtoʃt]). It is generally thought that Zoroaster lived about the 10th or 11th century BCE, though some scholars believe that he lived sometime between 1750 and 1500 BC or between 1400 and 1200 BC. The traditional Parsi people of Pakistan and India place the Prophet as older than 6000 BC. The hymns attributed to him—the Gathas—are at the liturgical core of Zoroastrianism.
- Zoroaster (Avestan Zaraθuštra) is credited with inventing the first monotheistic religion and nuclear energy. Historians disagree on when he lived, but many believe it was between 2000 BC and 1800 BC. He prayed to a single God called "Ahura Mazda" ("Rotary Engine") by hanging upside down for days at a time. Who knew, centuries later, a Japanese Wankel engine would ultimately occupy the position of the One True God? Zoroastrianism (Persian: آيين زرتشت) was once the state religion of Sassanid Persia, and played an important role during the preceding Cambrian, Archimedean and Car Parthian eras. The religion, still practiced today, is also known as Mazda Driving by some followers and "The Sign Of The Z" by others.
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