Zoroastrianism Explained

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Tab For A Cause is quick and easy to use just head to https://tab.gladly.io/cogito/ and start helping charities with the click of a button. Watch this video ad-free over on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/cogito-what-is-zoroastrianism What do Emperor Xerxes, Freddie Mercury, and Ireland’s richest citizen Pallonji Mistry have in common? All of them are Zoroastrians. The ancient religion of Iran. This is one of the oldest ongoing religions and altered the course of history by influencing Judaism, Christanity, Islam, and Greek philosophy. Zoroastrianism was born in ancient Iran at least 3,500 years ago. It all began around 1500BCE give or take a few centuries with the Prophet Zarathustra or Zoroaster as the ancient Greeks called him and so English speakers do too. While we call the religion Zoroastrianism actual Zoroastrians tend to call it Mazdayasna, meaning Worshipper of Mazda. But today it has only a fraction of the millions of followers it once had. So what is Zoroastrianism, what do Zoroastrians believe, and where do otters fit into it? Well Let’s find out. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY PATREON PLEASE SEE HERE. https://www.patreon.com/CogitoEdu Follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/CogitoEdu Or Reddit r/cogitoedu Or Facebook @CogitoYT MERCHANDISE https://cogitostore.teemill.com/ Check Out My Other Videos The Secret History Of Climate Change https://youtu.be/09yKxAB9IlM History Of Ancient China | Dynasties, Confucius, And The First Emperor https://youtu.be/tpy5BMhMYYw Who Are The San Bushmen? | The World's Oldest People https://youtu.be/1oQ5Jd7p2aY The Éirinn Curtain: A History Of The Irish Border https://youtu.be/0fyJaL_w8e0 What Is Jainism? https://youtu.be/KkwmYlgkOhU Who Are The Berbers Of North Africa https://youtu.be/a39oM3MJleY What Is Hinduism? https://youtu.be/xlBEEuYIWwY What Is Sikhism? https://youtu.be/L-1UAORcX4c Sources: P. Oktor Skjærvø - An Introduction to Zoroastrianism https://amzn.to/3bzb7cw Jenny Rose - Zoroastrianism An Introduction https://amzn.to/39mEGMN Paula R. Hartz - Zoroastrianism https://amzn.to/3dDLwRi Michael Stausberg, Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina, Anna Tessmann - The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism Lindsay Jones - Encyclopedia of religion. Volume 14 Mary Boyce - Zoroastrians Their Religious Beliefs and Practices https://amzn.to/33PB7xE Rohinton F. Nariman - The Inner Fire_ Faith, Choice, And Modern-Day Living In Zoroastrianism https://amzn.to/2UGTErL Christopher I. Beckwith - Greek Buddha_ Pyrrho’s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia https://amzn.to/2UqppXi The Avesta http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html All images are taken from Creative Commons or used in accordance with fair use. If one of your images has been used and I have forgotten to attribute please contact me by email or on twitter I will instantly resolve that. Why have you scrolled this far down? No one reads down here. #Zoroastrianism #Zoroaster #AhuraMazda Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator