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Simcha Gross
Simcha_Gross
Zoroastrianism in antiquity was fundamentally dualist, built on the idea that the world is composed in equal parts of two types of creation, some by the benevolent god Ohrmazd, which
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True Indology
TIinExile
All these are either Indian or Iranian.They have either Sanskrit or Iranic Zoroastrian names. NONE of these comes from original Izlamic land of Arabia.Persians & Indians referred to original Arab
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Ali 🌞🦁🗡𐎠𐎾𐎹
bomayegbk
Zoroastrianism encourages joy and optimism , islam encourages struggle and pessimism.You can see the different ethos of the two faiths by the bright color of Zoroastrian clothing vs dark color
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Munim Matin
munimmatin
United India’s best-kept secret:Amid political chaos and negotiations with the Congress and British, Jinnah had one more battle to triumph – Tuberculosis.A thread. Tuberculosis was just about to take his
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Prof. Megan Goodwin
mpgPhD
#NUglobalrel is talking about Zoroastrianism today!!(sorry, had to) a bunch of folks are taking the exam so I'm going to be checking the chat a bunchwhich might make today's #NUglobalrel
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Ormuzd Bunukan
OrmuzdB
The Shahnamah: The national heritage of Persian-speakers only or of all Iranian ethnic groups? A thread: Contrary to an unfortunate popular belief, the Shahnameh is not the work of the
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Indian History
IndianHistory0
What were the traditional dresses for Hindu men? Well, that has been evolving but historically speaking minimalisticMost men either wore nothing on top except the sacred-thread, with a dhoti on
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Sean W. Anthony
shahanSean
I promised @gypsy_heart6 to write a thread with examples of ‘heretics’ executed in the early Abbasid period today. Keep in mind that we don’t have hard numbers, just anecdotes. Or,
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Bozorgmehr
narangestan
Santa Claus has its origins in the ancient Aryan religion of Mithraism. Santa’s hat come from the Phrygian cap worn by Mithra, and his outfit comes from the Scythian riding
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FurorRises
FurorRises
MAGA/ Magus/ Magi/ MagickHat tip @AnonymousSage1 for the great find and inspiration for this thread.https://twitter.com/FurorRises/status/1246834800863752193?s=19 In India, there was/is a group known as Maga. They are Zoroastrian priests, also known
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Syed
gypsy_heart6
This is excellent! I read the tale of prophet Ibrahim’s clash with king Namrud/Nimrud in qasas-ul-anbiyya during my school days, along with his conflict with his idol worshipping father, &
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sweet princess of Mithras ♥ AnnA ♥
SweetQueenAnna
MITHRAS AND MITHRAISMPART 1: Introduction to Mithras Mithra is an ancient Indo-Iranian god worshipped at least as early as 2nd millennium BC. The myths of this God link him with
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Trevor Culley
HistoryofPersia
Well they did a good job of distilling all of the worst takes about that war into one article I guess. Some highlights:"Had this happened, there might have been no...
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Lev Polyakov
LevPo
Throwback to the post that got me into seeing the occult connection between Sonic the Hedgehog & mystery school practices.https://twitter.com/LevPo/status/771060200090529793 001 - Sonic's logo as the Zoroastrian Farvahar & the
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Ali A Olomi
aaolomi
They are good at philosophy, religious matters, writing, and creativityThey are a double-bodied and dual-natured sign which was interpreted as have two contrasting sides. They can be publicly amiable, but
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Joseph T Noony
JoeAgneya
Greek Myths- No 1'Claudius Ptolemy' supposedly lived in ~150 CE Egypt. And whatever Egyptian/Babylonian epistemic knowledge he had is treated as 'Greek Knowledge' without question. And western historians have been
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