Zoroaster

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Zoroaster was an ancient Iranian prophet and religious reformer who founded Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions.

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Generate an image of Zoroaster (Zoroaster was an ancient Iranian prophet and religious reformer who founded Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions.)

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Zoroaster canonical 17
Zarathustra 10
Prophet Zoroaster 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian religious figure ⓘ
ancient Iranian person ⓘ
founder of religion ⓘ
philosopher of religion ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
approximateDate second millennium BCE (scholarly estimates vary) ⓘ
associatedConcept asha ⓘ
druj ⓘ
ethical monotheism ⓘ
free will ⓘ
associatedDeity Ahura Mazda ⓘ
associatedText Avesta ⓘ
Gathas ⓘ
linked to: Avesta
commemoratedOn Zoroastrian festivals such as Nowruz (indirectly) ⓘ
coreTeaching afterlife with heaven and hell ⓘ
coming of a savior (Saoshyant) ⓘ
linked to: Mashiach

emphasis on truth and righteousness (asha) ⓘ
final judgment of souls ⓘ
individual moral responsibility ⓘ
moral dualism between good and evil ⓘ
worship of Ahura Mazda as supreme god ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Iran ⓘ
era ancient ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iranian ⓘ
linked to: Iranian peoples
hasLegacy major influence on Persian culture ⓘ
one of the earliest known monotheistic prophets ⓘ
influenced Manichaeism ⓘ
Western philosophy via reception of “Zarathustra” ⓘ
later Iranian religious thought ⓘ
some strands of Christianity ⓘ
some strands of Islam ⓘ
some strands of Judaism ⓘ
knownFor composing the Gathas ⓘ
founding Zoroastrianism ⓘ
reforming ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
teaching ethical monotheism ⓘ
languageSpoken Avestan ⓘ
linked to: Avestan language
name Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster

Zoroaster ⓘ
nameInAvestan Zaraϑuštra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
opposedDeity Angra Mainyu ⓘ
linked to: Tiamat
regionOfActivity Central Asia (hypothesized) ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia

eastern Iranian plateau ⓘ
religionFounded Zoroastrianism ⓘ
religiousTradition Zoroastrianism ⓘ
roleInText speaker of the Gathas ⓘ
veneratedAs prophet of Ahura Mazda ⓘ
veneratedIn Zoroastrianism ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parsis → religiousFounder → Zoroaster ⓘ
Bahá'í Faith → recognizesFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
subject linked to: Baha'i Faith
Thus Spoke Zarathustra → mainCharacter → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Übermensch → centralFigureFor → Zarathustra (Nietzsche’s prophet) ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Avesta → associatedWith → Prophet Zoroaster ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Zoroaster → name → Zoroaster ⓘ
Zoroaster → name → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Zoroaster → nameInAvestan → Zaraϑuštra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Zoroastrianism → foundedBy → Zoroaster ⓘ
Zoroastrianism → veneratedFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
The School of Athens → depicts → Zoroaster ⓘ
Jean-Philippe Rameau → notableWork → Zoroastre ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Javid Nama → featuresCharacter → Zoroaster ⓘ
the last man → criticizedBy → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Axial Age → associatedWithThinker → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Vendidad → associatedProphet → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Ahura Mazda → revealedTo → Zoroaster ⓘ
Ancient Iran → majorProphet → Zoroaster ⓘ
Saoshyant → associatedFigure → Zoroaster ⓘ
Orlando (Handel) → character → Zoroastro ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Khordad Sal → honors → Zoroaster ⓘ
Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften → mainCharacter → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften → hasCharacter → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Von der großen Sehnsucht → featuresCharacter → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Das Grablied → narrativeVoice → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster
Nachtwandlerlied → hasCharacter → Zarathustra ⓘ
linked to: Zoroaster