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Avesta
Literature :
Das Avesta ist eine Textsammlung der von Zarathustra gestifteten Religion
des Zoroastrismus, das die Lehre des Propheten Zarathustra beschreibt.
Wann genau das Avesta entstanden ist, darüber streiten sich die
Gelehrten - mündlich tradiert wurde es schon in vorhistorischer
Zeit. Erste Niederschriften liegen nachweisbar ab dem Jahre 1278 vor.
The Khordeh Avesta, literally meaning 'abridged
Avesta', or 'a selection of Avesta prayers', is a selection of texts
from the Yasna, Visparad and Yasht, as well as minor texts and brief
prayers, such as the five Nyaishes. The collection, taken together,
is considered the prayer book for general daily use. The Avesta
is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism.
Zarathustra mentions only one of the many gods in
the Iranian area of those days, Ahura Mazda. But the gathas
throughout deal with divine beings and their relationship to
Ahura Mazda. Moreover, they contain hymns to the highest lord as
well as to the other divine beings.
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