Fire, the Greatest God (ātarš mazišta yazata): The Cult of the "Eternal" Fire in the Rituals in Avestan
The lack of evidence for the existence of fire temples in ancient Iran has been used as an argument for the absence of the concept of the "eternal fire" in the Avestan texts. However, a new analysis of the final section of the Long Liturgy shows that the fire was usually removed from the s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-61 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Avesta
/ Supreme Being
/ Fire worship
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Avestan rituals
B Iranian religion B Achaemenids B fire cult B Zoroastrianism |
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