On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 10:57:41 PM GMT+5:30, Arash Zeini via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Dean, What's reference for the text you quote, or is that what you are asking? On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 3:39 AM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: Yes, I was trying to find the source of that quote. > The sentence is contained in: Payam Nabarz (2005), *The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World*. Simon and Schuster. -- Alex Watson Professor of Indian Philosophy Ashoka University *https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson <https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson>* > > On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 10:57:41 PM GMT+5:30, Arash Zeini via > INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Dean, > > What's reference for the text you quote, or is that what you are asking? > > As you know the sources for Zarathustra's birth stories are the Middle > Persian accounts, and among those Book 7 of the Dēnkard stands out. The > birth story is complex and Ohrmazd and his helpers put many elements in > motion so that Zarathustra can be conceived. One of these, is sexual > intercourse between the parents, something the the daemons try to > discourage. > > Best, > Arash > > > On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, 11:04 Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry for once again spilling over the South Asian borders but I can't > seem to find a reliable reference for this claim: > > "Zoroaster is said to have had a miraculous birth: his mother, Dughdova, > was a virgin who conceived him after being visited by a shaft of light. > > Perhaps some of our Indo-Iranians might know. > > Best, > > Dean > >
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