I Am Interested In Ancient Cultures And Traditions
I've been reading up on Zoroastrianism which I knew a little about previously but there seems to be not much info about widely available.
Today/spring equinox is their new year (Now-ruz). This festival is also celebrated in two other religions. They have a table with candles, eggs and various things to represent health, strength and other things for the year ahead (decorated table is called the haft-seen). Some of the other things are apple, goldfish, wheat... (There are a few pictures on Instagram). Although for some reason it occurs in August in India. Not sure if the seasons are different. Actually the items on the table are not originally what would have been on there or part of the religion when it first started, but that was (well the century and even millenia is debated and not certain) about 3000BC (according to UNESCO anyway).
Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest religions. It seems to have fire as a central theme and respect for the elements and nature too. It does have parallels with Christianity and some aspects of Paganism, although it came before Christianity. It's "motto" seems to be "Good thoughts, good words, good deeds
Today/spring equinox is their new year (Now-ruz). This festival is also celebrated in two other religions. They have a table with candles, eggs and various things to represent health, strength and other things for the year ahead (decorated table is called the haft-seen). Some of the other things are apple, goldfish, wheat... (There are a few pictures on Instagram). Although for some reason it occurs in August in India. Not sure if the seasons are different. Actually the items on the table are not originally what would have been on there or part of the religion when it first started, but that was (well the century and even millenia is debated and not certain) about 3000BC (according to UNESCO anyway).
Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest religions. It seems to have fire as a central theme and respect for the elements and nature too. It does have parallels with Christianity and some aspects of Paganism, although it came before Christianity. It's "motto" seems to be "Good thoughts, good words, good deeds
