The teaching of the prophet Zarathustra: one wise Lord, the choice between truth and the lie, and fire as the sign of the good religion.
Zoroastrianism is among the oldest of the revealed traditions, carried today by the Parsi communities of India and the Iranian communities and diaspora that descend from them. This tree models those communities as first-class entities.
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Parsi Zoroastrians
The community of India, descended from the refugees who landed in Gujarat, keeper of the fire temples of Mumbai and the memory of the migration.
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Iranian Zoroastrians
The community that remained in Iran, in Yazd and Kerman, through the Islamic centuries, holding the faith in its homeland.
Zoroastrianism across the site
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Sources
Primary
- The Avesta.
Secondary
- Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (2001).