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Bundahishn (Primal Creation)
Zoroastrian priests, compiled from older material · compiled 9th century CE · Middle Persian (Pahlavi)
Ancient text
Bundahishn (Primal Creation)
Zoroastrian priests, compiled from older material
The fullest Zoroastrian account of cosmology: the two principles of light and darkness, Ahriman's assault on Ohrmazd's creation, the first man Gayomard and the sole-created bull, and the end of time. Survives in a shorter Indian and a longer Iranian recension.
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The fullest Zoroastrian account of cosmology: the two principles of light and darkness, Ahriman's assault on Ohrmazd's creation, the first man Gayomard and the sole-created bull, and the end of time. Survives in a shorter Indian and a longer Iranian recension.
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