Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism.
Zoroastrianism or Mazdaism.
ancient Persians
many including the ancient persians
it waas brought to India by the Persians
· There were three religions that the Persians were mainly made up out of: Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, and Manichaeism. · When religion got really big, it was in around the 18th century (B.C.), whose current leader was named Zoroaster. This is where Zoroastrianism came from.
· There were three religions that the Persians were mainly made up out of: Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, and Manichaeism. · When religion got really big, it was in around the 18th century (B.C.), whose current leader was named Zoroaster. This is where Zoroastrianism came from.
Prior to the conversion to Islam, the predominant religion of Persia was Zoroastrianism.
The religion of the ancient Persians was Zoroastrianism. This religion introduced the concept of an unequal struggle between the forces of good and evil, with the forces of good assured of triumph. Zoroastrianism also provided the prototype for the devil - the evil Ahriman, who is the adversary of Ahura Mazda (God).
The most widely practiced religion in Ancient Persia is now known as Zoroastrianism. However, in the centuries after the Islamic conquest of Persia, most Persians converted to Islam (both by choice and from fear of violence). Islam (specifically Twelver Shiite Islam) is the dominant religion among ethnic Persians today.
The Persians were very tolerant and did not interfere in the varieties of polytheism which existed. The imperial cult of Zoroastrianism remained just that.