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Zurvanism

Zurvanism was a fatalistic religious movement of Zoroastrianism in which the divinity Zurvan is a first principle (primordial creator deity) who engendered equal-but-opposite twins, Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu. Zurvanism is also known as "Zurvanite Zoroastrianism", and may be contrasted with Mazdaism.

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Evidence of the cult

Eudemus of RhodesDamasciusMedesArmenianSyriac
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The legacy of Zurvanism

DhallaMary BoyceGathasDualismZoroaster
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History and development

AchaemenidBabylonianAkkadian religionsManichaeanFather of Greatness
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Types of Zurvanism

AristotelianEmpedocleanVayuReasonConcupiscence
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Evidence of the cult

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The "twin brother" doctrine

Types of Zurvanism

Mistaken identity

Negative view of women

The legacy of Zurvanism

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Zurvanism

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Zurvanism

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related to Ascent and acceptance · 24
Zurvanism → Achaemenid-era, Akkadian, Another, Babylonian, Boyce, CE, Certain, Father, Greatness, Greek, Indic, Infinite Time, It, Manichaean, Manichaeism's, One, Sasanian Emperor Shapur, Sasanian Empire, Shapur, The
related to Decline and disappearance · 19
Zurvanism → Arthur Christensen, As, Following, God, Islam, Islamic, Mazdaism, Moreover, Pahlavi, Prophet's, Sasanian Empire, Sasanians, The, Why, Zaehner, Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrians, Zurvan, Zurvanite
related to Ascetic Zurvanism · 17
Zurvanism → According, Ascetic Zurvanism, Duchesne-Guillemin, Gnosticism, Indian, Indians, Indo-Iranian Zurvan, Nonetheless, Prajapati, Rig Veda, The, Time, Vedic, Widengren, Zaehner, Zurvan, Zurvanite
related to The "twin brother" doctrine · 17
Zurvanism → Absolute, According, Ahura Mazda, Angra Mainyu, As, Avesta, Benevolent Spirit, Classical Zurvanism, Infinite, Malevolent Spirit, Spenta Mainyu, The, Time, Yasna, Zaehner, Zoroaster's, Zurvan
related to Negative view of women · 9
Zurvanism → Ahriman, Ahura Mazda, Christian Syriac, Keyumars, Konai's, Pahlavi, Robert Charles Zaehner, Theodore, Zoroastrian
related to background · 8
Zurvanism → Although, Ascent, CE, European, Non-Zoroastrian, Sasanian Empire, Zoroastrianism, Zurvanite
related to Materialist Zurvanism · 7
Zurvanism → Aristotelian, Empedoclean, Materialist Zurvanism, This, While Zoroaster's Ormuzd, Zaehner, Zoroastrian
related to Types of Zurvanism · 3
Zurvanism → According, Zaehner, Zurvan
is a · 1
Zurvanism → product of the contact between Zoroastrianism and Babylonian

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zurvan zoroastrianism zaehner zurvanite doctrine zoroastrian time also century cult first one persian evidence ahura mazda sasanian according ahriman mazdaism

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