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"the way of the gods"
had no founder or moral codes |
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| something that inspires awe; could be gods, power, force; trees, water, mountains |
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books or collections of myths for the higher clans
NOT SCRIPTURES!!!! |
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Sun Goddess
-the ancestress of the emperial line |
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women who communicated with the gods
"shrine maiden"
-not married |
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| set off the shrines/ shrine gates |
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impurity or pollution
-could be events, or bad actions,anger, blood, hatred |
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"personal purification";
by water |
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purification of an "item";
performed by a priest |
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started in Iran around 1500 BCE;
started from same originators of the Vedic people, similar to Vedic religions |
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the songs of the the AVESTA;
the oldest parts |
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| first prophet; was a MAGI who was told by God that there was more than just asking for things; there was a choice to be good or bad |
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the God of Zoroastrianism;
morality |
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| MUST HAVE in Zoroastriansim |
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| 1) good thoughts 2)good words 3)good deeds |
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| the evil spirit who fought with Ahura Mazda |
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the "savior" who comes at the end times and fights with the evil spirit;
everyone is resurrected, judged, then goes to heaven |
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emperor of the ACHAEMENID EMPIRE;
freed the Jews;
mentioned in the Bible |
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| Cyrus the Great invaded Babylon and freed the Jews |
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| INFLUENCES OF ZOROASTRIANISM |
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| devil, afterlife based on morality, heaven and hell, messiah, "MAGI" could have been the same as the wise men |
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| the Zoroastrians that moved into India in the 10th century CE |
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| the string tied around the waist in Zoroastrianism |
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| brother and sister that stirred the ocean and created Japan with salt deposits |
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