Zoroastrianism The Views and Comments | ||
| Al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 72, October 2017, Pages 1-81 | ||
| Author | ||
| Usama Adnan Yahiya | ||
| Abstract | ||
| 1. The cult in Zoroastrianism made into various divine powers, which are classified into three categories: the great Creator God: Ahura Mazda, Amesha Spentas, and yazads. 2. The reverence for the gods of the first duties of man in Zoroastrianism, and reverence for the gods includes two components: prayer, and sacrifice. 3. Prayers were offered to the gods two objectives include: the glorification of the gods, and the fight against evil. 4. The offerings of the most important duties of man toward God, and is usually accompanied by an appropriate prayer offerings, and the offerings are not provided by human beings to the gods, but the gods give to each other. 5. Sraosh offerings has been associated, in particular, a mediator between the Lord and man so any sacrifice to the god Ahura Mazda no longer valid unless Sraosh exists there. 6. There are several reasons for offerings in ancient Iran, including: feed the gods; the fight against evil; man ; get help gods; and thanked the gods to help them to humans; gives health rights, and protected from the disease; accompanied the birth of children; grants and prosperity; and affect the forces of nature. 7. Zoroastrians gave gifts into the temple, and the priests layer Magi are the ones who preside over the provision of sacrifice, who are the beneficiaries of the offerings presented to the gods. 8. Offering sacrifices in Iran in exposed locations: mountains, rivers and lakes. 9. Confirms Zoroastrian religious traditions to deny many people the right offerings, because of their social status. 10. Some of the offerings include a symbolic offerings, Like: Prayer, wisdom of the tongue, Holy spells, holy speech, Acts, sincere or spoken words, human life, his actions and his works. 11.Zoroastrian hymns confirm the sanctification of the spirit of the bull and his creator, was also the sanctification of the souls of all useful animals, and no doubt was the sanctification of cattle represents an old tradition of Indian-Iranian peoples. 12. Sanctification not only for the gods Zoroastrians but there were several sacred power: the holy words and rituals; material things; Chinvad Bridge and the paradise of Ahura Mazda; Hvareno; sincere objects; Fravashis; abstract concepts; and masters. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Zoroastrianism; Views; Notes | ||
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