When1: -630
When2: -583
Who: Zoroaster or Zarathustra
What: philosopher/lawgiver
Where: Persia
works\ Avesta or Commentary [-630: 21 parts have five books or bathas. Yasma contains hymns, including Gathas. Yashts contains songs. Vesprat contains prayers. Videvdat or Vendidad contains myths and laws, including story of King Jam or Jamshid. Khordeh Avesta contains prayers and praying]; Gathas or Hymns [-588: poems and songs]
Detail: He lived -660 to -583, received knowledge on Mountain of Holy Conversations, and codified laws. He converted Vishtaspa, a northeast-Iran king. Someone killed him, but his son-in-law, Jamespa, preserved his sayings in the Avesta, Zoroastrian scripture. Zand is Avesta comments. Zarathushtra composed the 18 poems of Gathas, the oldest Avesta part, and Yasna Haptanghaiti or Seven-Chapter Sermon. By myth, the god Ahura Mazda gave him the law.
Social Sciences>Religion>History>Zoroastrianism
6-Religion-History-Zoroastrianism
Outline of Knowledge Database Home Page
Description of Outline of Knowledge Database
Date Modified: 2022.0224