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The 54 pages that link to Zoroastrianism, each with the reason it gives.

• Sasanian EmpireRelated: Zoroastrian institutions became closely connected to Sasanian kingship and state identity.

• Ancient Greek religionCompared with: Its more sharply defined cosmic dualism contrasts with Greek polytheism’s varied divine relationships.

• NowruzRelated: Nowruz developed in an Iranian religious and cultural world shaped by Zoroastrian traditions.

• Iranian languagesRelated: Its sacred texts preserve Avestan, a major source for Old Iranian.

• MonotheismRelated: Its account of one supreme deity alongside a cosmic struggle complicates simple classifications of monotheism.

• GnosticismCompared with: Its cosmic dualism invites comparison, but it differs in theology, history, and accounts of creation.

• AfterlifeRelated: Its judgment after death and final renovation shaped later religious ideas about destiny.

• FerdowsiRelated: The Shahnameh preserves Iranian religious and mythic material shaped by pre-Islamic traditions.

• EschatologyNarrower topic: Its teachings provide an ancient model of final judgment and the world’s renovation.

• ManichaeismRelated: Manichaeism emerged in an Iranian setting and used ideas intelligible within its religious landscape.

• Indo-Iranian languagesRelated: Its scripture preserves important records of Iranian languages and religious vocabulary.

• Muslim conquest of PersiaRelated: It had been closely tied to Sasanian institutions and endured as a minority faith after the conquest.

• AvestaNarrower topic: The Avesta is its principal scriptural collection.

• Sumerian religionCompared with: Its ethical dualism differs from Sumerian polytheism and its network of city gods.

• Ahura MazdaNarrower topic: Ahura Mazda is the supreme deity and central focus of this religious tradition.

• AshaNarrower topic: Asha is a foundational principle within this religious tradition.

• AvestanNarrower topic: Avestan is the language of its foundational scriptures and liturgy.

• Iranian national identityRelated: Zoroastrian symbols and history connect modern accounts of Iran to an ancient religious heritage.

• SatanCompared with: Its account of Angra Mainyu is often compared with Satan, though the figures are not interchangeable.

• Shapur IRelated: Its traditions shaped Sasanian religious life and royal representation.

• Babylonian religionCompared with: Its dualistic theology differs from Babylonian polytheism and emerged in a later imperial setting.

• GathasNarrower topic: The Gathas provide its most direct surviving expression of foundational teachings.

• SogdiaRelated: Zoroastrian traditions shaped Sogdian funerary customs and religious imagery.

• Islamization of IranCompared with: It was the predominant religion before the conquest and remained a minority faith afterward.

• YazdRelated: Yazd remains a major center of Zoroastrian life in Iran.

• Angra MainyuNarrower topic: Angra Mainyu belongs to this religion’s account of cosmic conflict.

• FrashokeretiNarrower topic: Frashokereti is its account of how the cosmic struggle ultimately ends.

• Islamization of Central AsiaCompared with: It was among the established religious traditions encountered as Muslim rule expanded.

• Sadegh HedayatRelated: Hedayat studied ancient Iranian religion and helped bring Zoroastrian texts and traditions to modern attention.

• ZurvanismNarrower topic: Zurvanism developed as a theological current within this broader religious tradition.

• Freddie MercuryNarrower topic: Mercury was born into a Parsi Zoroastrian family.

• YazidismCompared with: Comparisons often arise from shared regional history and fire-related practices, though the traditions differ.

• ZoroasterNarrower topic: The religion takes its name and foundational teachings from Zoroaster.

• Din-i IlahiRelated: Fire reverence and solar observances at Akbar’s court are commonly connected to Zoroastrian influence.

• Iberian WarRelated: Sasanian religious policies contributed to resistance in Christian Iberia.

• MagiRelated: The word Magi is historically associated with an Iranian priestly group, though Matthew does not identify their religion.

• MithraNarrower topic: It incorporated Mithra as a yazata and shaped his surviving religious identity.

• Persian mythologyRelated: Its cosmology supplies a major framework for later Persian accounts of good and evil.

• Yazd ProvinceRelated: Yazd has long been an important center of Zoroastrian communities in Iran.

• Yazdegerd IIIRelated: The end of royal Sasanian patronage altered the religion's political circumstances.

• History of the Middle EastRelated: Its long history illuminates religious life in ancient and later Iranian societies.

• Culture of IranCompared with: Its ancient Iranian roots contrast with the later predominance of Islam while remaining part of Iran’s heritage.

• Ethnic religionBroader topic: Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian communities preserve the tradition through distinctive cultural histories.

• History of AzerbaijanRelated: The religion’s Iranian roots and fire traditions shaped the region’s pre-Islamic religious history.

• MazdakismRelated: Mazdakism arose in a society where Zoroastrian institutions held major religious authority.

• ParsisNarrower topic: Parsis preserve Zoroastrian religious traditions brought from Iran.

• Salman al-FarsiRelated: Traditional biographies describe Salman as raised in a Zoroastrian household in Persia.

• Shapur IIRelated: His reign strengthened Zoroastrian institutions and their relationship with royal power.

• Ancient Semitic religionCompared with: It arose in a neighboring cultural sphere rather than among Semitic-speaking peoples.

• Cupressus sempervirensRelated: Cypress trees have held sacred and commemorative associations in Zoroastrian traditions.