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The Qur'an in the case of most Modern Iranians. In the case of Ancient Iranians, it was the Gathas or the Zend Avesta.

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The Qur'an in the case of most Modern Iranians. In the case of Ancient Iranians, it was the Gathas or the Zend Avesta.

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Zoroastrians have many sacred texts, including the Avesta, the Gathas, Yashts (hymns of praise) and many others.

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Cattle sacrifice was practiced in Indo-Iranian religion, but some scholars point to passages in the Gathas that indicate that Zarathustra (Zoroaster) condemned cattle sacrifice in Iran.

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Zarathustra is a central figure in the religious history of Iran and is known as the founder of Zoroastrianism. He is believed to have composed the Gathas, a collection of hymns that are the primary texts of the Zoroastrian religion.

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The prophet, Zarathushtra (Zoroaster), son of Pourushaspa, of the Spitaman family, founded the Zoroastrian religion in which heaven as a place of reward, hell as a place of punishment and a Judgement Day are central themes. Zoroaster is known primarily from the Gathas, seventeen great hymns which he composed in a dialect known only from the Gathas and a few other ancient texts. The language points to Zoroaster living in southern Russia around 1700 BCE. Zoroastrianism travelled to eastern Iran then, much later, to Persia in western Iran.

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