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Can you elaborate? What quote from that section is where the author states that the
Scythian religion has similarities to Zoroastrianism? He seems to be saying that the Scythian religion was essentially the same as the pre-zoroastrian religion and that it was in direct conflict with Zoroastrianism.
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on that article or the religion is obviously "extant". The second paragraph of the lead states "With possible roots dating back to the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism enters recorded history in the 5th-century BCE." and a reference pointing to supposed "extant" writings. While additions are
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Sorry, I changed the comment "level" to keep up. I don't know how many pages there are in the second volume of the referenced "history" book but "Mary Boyce, A History of
Zoroastrianism: Volume II: Under the Achaemenians, BRILL, 1982" (shows 306 pages) seems to miss an important page number so is
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Perhaps the issue is clearer to you than it is to me. When he is describing the "Old
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Yep, saw that, but I don't think that really answers my question. Where does the book note that that is a comparison with
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Right there in that paragraph. Plus it goes into how Scythian gods inspired the notions of the daevas.
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