In the Zoroastrian Avesta, the district is mentioned as Haroiva.

* 1278 – The earliest known written copy of the Avesta, a collection of ancient sacred Persian Zoroastrian texts previously passed down orally, is produced.

* The earliest known written copy of the Avesta, a collection of ancient sacred Persian Zoroastrian texts previously passed down orally, is produced.

Avestan, the language of the oldest portions of the Zoroastrian Avesta, was one of the old Iranian languages, and is the oldest attested member of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian language family.

In the Zoroastrian Avesta, Widewdat, i, 15, Ragha is mentioned as the twelfth sacred place created by Ahura-Mazda.

Since the late 18th century, when Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron and others made portions of the Avesta available to western scholars, several scholars have sought a representative botanical equivalent of the haoma as described in the texts and as used in living Zoroastrian practice.

* Mithra ( Avestan Miθra -, Miθrō ), a yazata mentioned in the Zoroastrian sacred scripture of the Avesta, whose New Persian equivalent is Mīhr / Mehr ( م ِ هر ).

Many of the physical attributes as described in the texts of the Avesta coincide with the choice of plant used in present-day Zoroastrian practice.

It is sometimes identified with the legendary drug soma, as described in the Avesta and the Rig Veda, the respective ancient sacred texts of the Zoroastrian and Hindu faiths.

The Helmand valley region is mentioned by name in the Avesta ( Fargard 1: 13 ) as the Aryan land of Haetumant, one of the early centers of the Zoroastrian faith in pre-Islamic Afghan history.

is an East Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i. e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name.

Airyanəm Vaējah, which approximately means " expanse of the Aryans, i. e. Iranians " is the " mythical homeland " of early Iranians and a reference in the Zoroastrian Avesta ( Vendidad, Farg.

In the Younger Avesta, three divinities of the Zoroastrian pantheon are repeatedly identified as ahuric.

Mithra is described in the Zoroastrian Avesta scriptures as, " Mithra of wide pastures, of the thousand ears, and of the myriad eyes ,"( Yasna 1: 3 ), " the lofty, and the everlasting ... the province ruler ,"( Yasna 1: 11 ), " the Yazad ( divinity ) of the spoken name "( Yasna 3: 5 ), and " the holy ,"( Yasna 3: 13 )

The modern Georgian scholar Levan Chilashvili, on the basis of dating the Nekresi inscription in eastern Georgia to the 1st – 2nd century AD, claimed that Parnavaz probably created the scripts in order to translate the Avesta ( sacred Zoroastrian writings ) into Georgian.

Avestan, the language of the oldest portions of the Zoroastrian Avesta, was one of the old Iranian languages, and is the oldest attested member of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian language family.

* Zend, commentaries on the Avesta, the sacred texts of the Zoroastrian religion.

Airyanem Vaejah ( Land of Aryans ), which is mentioned in the Zoroastrian Avesta, is also believed by some scholars to be situated in the territories of Khorasan.

In Zoroastrian tradition, which builds on allusions found in the Avesta, Vishtaspa is a righteous king who helped propagate and defend the faith.

The traditional Zoroastrians argue that the Vendidad was always an inherent part of Zoroastrian oral tradition, only compiled later than other parts of the Avesta.

The 9th-12th century texts of Zoroastrian tradition observe the yazatas ( by then as Middle Persian yazads ) in much the same way as the hymns of the Younger Avesta.

* Avestan language ( ISO 639 alpha-3, ave ), an East Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i. e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name

Some design scholars also call the distinctive shape Boteh and believe it is the convergence of a stylized floral spray and a cypress tree: a Zoroastrian symbol of life and eternity.

Some historians attribute its building to ancient mythological monarchs, and some others believe that Ray was the seat of a dynasty of Zoroastrian leader.

The Sassanid monument of Qadamgāh is located in south east of the city 190 km from Shiraz, experts believe the monument was constructed during the late Sasanian dynastic era ( 224-651 CE ), and it was a Zoroastrian shrine, probably a fire temple.

Ideas and tenets of Zoroastrian schools of Early Persian philosophy are part of many works written in Middle Persian and of the extant scriptures of the zoroastrian religion in Avestan language.

He is also considered to be simultaneously the return of Elijah, John the Baptist, and the " Ushídar-Máh " referred to in the Zoroastrian scriptures.

Proto-Indo-Iranian religion means the religion of the Indo-Iranian peoples prior to the earliest Vedic ( Indo-Aryan ) and Zoroastrian ( Iranic ) scriptures.

In the process, many acts of violence took place, Zoroastrian scriptures were burnt and many mobads executed ( for examples, see Balāḏori, Fotuḥ, p. 421 ; Biruni, Āṯār, p. 35 ). Once conquered politically, the Persians began to reassert themselves by maintaining Persian language and culture.

Meherji Rana Library of Tarota Bazaar, Motafalia, Navsari has one of the oldest scriptures of Zoroastrian community.

Jackson's grammar of Avestan, the language used in the Zoroastrian scriptures, is still considered to be the seminal work on the topic.

But according to Hinnells, no such variant of the myth is known, and that this is merely speculation: " In no known Iranian text Zoroastrian or otherwise does Mithra slay a bull "

This is more than many well known traditions such as Rastafarian, Bahá ' í and Zoroastrian groups, but fewer than the ' Big Six ' of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism.

Early poems evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing, or from a need to retell oral epics, as with the Sanskrit Vedas, Zoroastrian Gathas, and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Non-Muslims were allowed to engage in religious practices that was usually forbidden by Islamic law, such as the consumption of alcohol and pork, as well as religious practices which Muslims found repugnant, such as the Zoroastrian practice of incestuous " self-marriage " where a man could marry his mother, sister or daughter.

The Zoroastrian faith teaches that there are 3, 333 Demons, some with specific dark responsibilities such as war, starvation, sickness, etc.

Some claim that Ferdowsi also used Zoroastrian nasks, such as the now-lost Chihrdad as sources as well.

Paul Williams claims that some Zoroastrian ideas like Saoshyant influenced the beliefs about Maitreya, such as " expectations of a heavenly helper, the need to opt for positive righteousness, the future millennium, and universal salvation ".

Another important architectural trend to arise in the Seljuk era is the development of mausolea including the tomb tower such as the Gunbad-i-qabus ( circa 1006-7 ) ( showcasing a Zoroastrian motif ) and the domed square, an example of which is the tomb of the Samanids in the city of Bukhara ( circa 943 ).

( The Iranian civil calendar of 1925 adopted Zoroastrian month-names, and as such also has the seventh month of the year named ' Mihr ').

While Slavic languages are related to the Iranian group of the Indo European language family inasmuch as both went through satemization, and the ancient Proto-Slavs were certainly to some degree influenced by their Iranian-speaking neighbours of West Asia ( such as the Scythians and Sarmatians ), the idea that the Slavic peoples as a whole are a direct off-shoot of Zoroastrian Persians is not only unprovable, but also quite unbelievable.

Others emphasize elements of a pre-Islamic substrate within Aleviness, as in the case of groups such as the Yaresan and the Yezidis, Zoroastrian influence might play some part.

Some other temples, such as nearby Jandial may have been used as a Zoroastrian fire temple.

Other religions such as Sikh, Zoroastrian, Christian also do not register in significant numbers.

*** Achaemenid style ( from the sixth to the fourth century BCE ) manifesting in construction of spectacular cities used for governance and inhabitation ( such as Perspepolis, Susa, Ecbatana ), temples made for worship and social gatherings ( such as Zoroastrian temples ), and mausoleums erected in honor of fallen kings ( such as the burial tomb of Cyrus the Great ),

Although, certain ancient Zoroastrian traditions show a negative approach towards Zoroastrian melodies such as the pre-Islamic pastorals and minstrels, Zoroastrian music has been in the religion since it was founded.

It includes several major Pahlavi texts about different Zoroastrian religious subjects such as cosmogony, cosmology, eschatology, creation of the world, ceremonies, rituals, Andarz, Pandnamak, Patit etc.

Even after the Islamic conquest of Persia Zoroastrianism continued to be part of Iranian culture in which throughout the year festivities are celebrated such as the Persian New Year or Nowrouz, Mehregan and ChaharShanbe Souri which are remnants of Zoroastrian traditions.

The word magi originally referred to Zoroastrian priests in Persia, but by the time this gospel was written it had come to mean anyone who dabbled in the occult arts such as magic, astrology, and dream interpretation.

Additionally, people who reported Muslim ( or a sect of Islam such as Shi ' ite or Sunni ), Jewish, Zoroastrian, or Caucasian as their " race " in the " Some other race " section, without noting a country of origin, are automatically tallied as white.