Zoroaster

Zoroaster

writer
prophet
poet
thaumaturge
🇮🇷Iran
🔥Zoroastrianism
✦ Sacred Figure

Zarathushtra Spitama, more commonly known as Zoroaster or Zarathustra, was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. In the oldest Zoroastrian scriptures, the Gathas, which he is traditionally believed to have authored, he is described as a preacher and a poet-prophet. Some have claimed, with much scholarly controversy, to find his influence in Heraclitus, Plato, Pythagoras, and, perhaps less controversially, in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, particularly through concepts of cosmic dualism and personal morality.

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Lifespan
-627 – -550
Quotes
4
Influenced
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Timeline

  • -627

    Born

    Birth
  • -550

    Died

    Death

✦ Foundational Figure

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