Liber XXXVI · Zoroastrianism
Chapter II
The Avesta
6 min readThe Avesta: Zoroastrian Scripture, Its Books and HistoryThe Avesta, scripture of Zoroastrianism: its Old and Young Avestan layers, the Yasna, Yashts and Videvdad, oral transmission and the Pahlavi books.7 min readThe Bundahishn and Zoroastrian Pahlavi Literature ExplainedThe Bundahishn, Denkard, Arda Viraf and other Pahlavi books: the Middle Persian literature that preserves Zoroastrian cosmology, law and theology.8 min readThe Videvdad (Vendidad): Zoroastrian Law against the DemonsThe Videvdad or Vendidad, the Avestan law against the demons: Yima's vara, the sixteen lands, corpse impurity, the dog, the Barashnom and the night liturgy.