Cosmogonic Sacrifice

A number of prominent scholars of Zoroastrianism have recently taken up Marijan Molé’s thesis that Ahura Mazdā created the world by way of a sacrifice. This article examines the sources that have been adduced for the thesis. It concludes that neither in Avestan nor Pahlavi texts do we find any evide...

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Main Author: Aḥmadī, Amīr (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-16
Further subjects:B Zoroastrianism sacrifice cosmogony Avesta
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