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Iranian religion — Introduction diverse beliefs and practices of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau and its borderlands, as well as areas of Central Asia from the Black Sea to Khotan (modern Ho … Universalium
Yima — /yee mah/, n. Zoroastrianism. a legendary king who, having reigned under the protection of Ahura Mazda in perfect happiness, sinned and lost for the world the immortality it had enjoyed. * * * In ancient Iranian religion, the first man, son of… … Universalium
Proto-Indo-European religion — The chariot, as a symbol of social rank and military strength but also mythologically as the sun chariot (Trundholm sun chariot pictured, Nordic Bronze Age, ca. 160 … Wikipedia
Afterlife — For other uses, see Afterlife (disambiguation). After death , Life after death , and Hereafter redirect here. For other uses, see After death (disambiguation), Life after death (disambiguation), and Hereafter (disambiguation). Ancient Egyptian… … Wikipedia
Cosmogony — • By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia • gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this: that the latter aims at understanding the actual… … Catholic encyclopedia
hell — like, adj. /hel/, n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus. 2. any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father s life a hell on earth. 3.… … Universalium
Haoma — is the Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity, both of which play a role in Zoroastrian doctrine and in later Persian culture and mythology. The Middle Persian form of the name is hōm , which continues to be the name in Modern Persian… … Wikipedia
Yama — Yama is the Indian god of death and the under world. He is the son of Visvasvat, the Sun. In the VEDAS he is seen as the first mortal to die and thereby becomes king of the world of the dead. According to the Atharva Veda, he is accompa nied… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Persianate society — Articleissues citationstyle = October 2008 jargon = October 2008 long = October 2008 OR = October 2008 weasel = October 2008A Persianate society (PerB|جوامع پارسی زبان Djāma ye Pārsīzabān ) is a society that is either based on, or strongly… … Wikipedia
sun worship — Veneration of the sun or its representation as a deity. It appears in several early cultures, notably in ancient Egypt, Indo Europe, and Mesoamerica, where urban civilizations were combined with a strong ideology of sacred kingship, in which… … Universalium
Nuristani people — Total population ca. 125,000–300,000[1] Regions with significant … Wikipedia
