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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Auteur principal: Aḥmadī, Amīr (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 2017
Dans: Indo-Iranian journal
Année: 2017, Volume: 60, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-16
Sujets non-standardisés:B Zoroastrianism sacrifice cosmogony Avesta
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Résumé: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 evidence for the supposed cosmogonic sacrifice.
Description matérielle:Online-Ressource
ISSN:1572-8536
Contient:In: Indo-Iranian journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06001001