Zurvanism

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Of Persian origin, Zurvan +‎ -ism, from Middle Persian [script needed] (Zurvān), from Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 (zruuān, “time”).[1]

Noun[edit]

Zurvanism (uncountable)

  1. (Zoroastrianism, historical) A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ de Jong, A. F. (2015). Traditions of the Magi: Zoroastrianism in Greek and Latin Literature. Netherlands: Brill, p. 332
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