RELG-145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Angra Mainyu, Scythian Religion, Zoroaster
18 Aug 2018
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Chapter 2: religion and trade in ancient eurasia. The symbiotic relationship meant that pastoral peoples would provide raw materials. What separates nomadic and civilized is settlement by (1) agriculture and (2) domestication of animals. Many of the religious concepts of ancient-iranian people can be fitted into indo-european religion. In ancient eurasia, religion manifested itself in rituals of daily life, such as hunting and funerals. Believed that the tools they had were divine gifts. Zoroastrianism: the religious tradition that traces its foundations back to its teachings, is represented today by small communities of believers in india, iran, and north america. Singles out one god and referred to this as ahura mazda or lord wisdom . He demoted all other iranian gods to demons. More dualistic than monolistic because it accounted for evil by positing the existence of an evil deity angra mainyu. While zoroastrianism, like judaism, has ancient roots, both religions are products of the christian era.
