“Zoroaster soon arrived at the court of King Vishtaspa, who had him imprisoned for his #heresy. Luckily, Zoroaster managed to win over the king by healing his favorite horse.”

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The Avesta and Zoroastrianism: The Creation, Disappearance and Resurgence of an Ancient Text

Of all the religious texts, the Avesta is perhaps the least familiar. This is unsurprising, since the Avesta was written in a now-dead language, before being lost for almost one thousand years.

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