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Zoroaster (Zarathustra)
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Also known as Zarathustra, Zoroaster is the legendary founder of the Zoroastrian religion, the world's first monotheistic revealed religion and the forerunner of Judaism and Christianity. Zoroaster taught of one ineffable deity of light, Ahura-Mazda, opposed by the spirit of darkness, Ahriman, and of a coming savior, or sayoshant, who would redeem the world and judge sinners.


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