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Zarathustra, slayer of evil (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
dragons
Zoroaster
Period
9th century CE 		Channel
Iranian culture

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Dahāg was a dragon in Babylon, slain by Zoroaster according to the later traditions.

Dēnkard 7.4.72-74:
Various marvellous things that Dahāg had made through sorcery in Babylon caused the people to stray and become idol-worshipers to the extent that the world was being destroyed thereby. By the victorious pronounciation of the religion that Zarathustra said forth against that sorcery, it was all destroyed and undone. One thing is this which was revealed about Zarathustra with a wonder: In the contest over the religion with famous scholars of the land, among whom the Babylonians were famous throughout the world for their scholarship … And in order to save Religion, to reveal its truth and wisdom and to convince King Wištāsp together with those scholars about the truth of the religion, Ohrmazd the creator sent some messengers.

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Dēnkard 7.4.72-74

Bibliography

Skjaervø 1996, 611, 621-622Skjaervø, P. O. “Zarathustra in the Avesta and in Manicheism.” In: La Persia e l'Asia Centrale da Alessandro al X secolo. Atti dei convegni lincei 127. Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 1996, 597-628.

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Dēnkard

Amar Annus


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