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SoSe 21: Zoroastrian Rituals

Alberto Cantera Glera

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The Zoroastrian rituals have their origins in the Antiquity, likely in Achaemenid times. Some of these rituals continue being practiced today. The Zoroastrian ritual tradition is one of the longest of the world, but has got only very little attention. In this seminary we will get to know the main rituals and the main sources for the history of their performances from the Antiquity until today. We well use sourcfes from all periods (the Avestan texts and the Pahlavi ritual literature for the Antiquity and Late Antiquity; the liturgical manuscripts and the Persian Revayats for the Safavid period and Qajar periods and the modern descriptions and multimedia materials for the modern performances) close

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Cantera, A. 2020. „Litanies and rituals. The structure and position of the Long Liturgy within the Zoroastrian ritual system“. In Aux sources des liturgies indo-iraniennes, herausgegeben von C. Redard, J. J. Ferrer Losilla, H. Moein, und Ph Swennen, 195–282. Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège. Kotwal, F. M., und J. W. Boyd. 1991. A Persian offering. The Yasna: a Zoroastrian high liturgy. Studia Iranica Cahier 8. París. Modi, J. M. 1922. The religious ceremonies and customs of the Parsees. Bombay: British India Press. Redard, C., und K. Daruwalla. 2021. The Yasna through its Gujarati ritual directions. Transcription, translation and glossary of Anklesaria 1888. Corpus Avesticum. Brill. Stausberg, Michael. 2002. Die Religion Zarathushtras?: Geschichte, Gegenwart, Rituale. 3 Bde. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer. close