[INDOLOGY] Iranian question

[Alex Watson]

On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 10:57:41 PM GMT+5:30, Arash Zeini via
INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

Hello Dean,
What's reference for the text you quote, or is that what you are asking?

On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 3:39 AM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

Yes, I was trying to find the source of that quote.
>

The sentence is contained in:
Payam Nabarz (2005), *The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That
Shaped the Christian World*. Simon and Schuster.
--
Alex Watson
Professor of Indian Philosophy
Ashoka University
*https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson
<https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson>*


>
> On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 10:57:41 PM GMT+5:30, Arash Zeini via
> INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Dean,
>
> What's reference for the text you quote, or is that what you are asking?
>
> As you know the sources for Zarathustra's birth stories are the Middle
> Persian accounts, and among those Book 7 of the Dēnkard stands out. The
> birth story is complex and Ohrmazd and his helpers put many elements in
> motion so that Zarathustra can be conceived. One of these, is sexual
> intercourse between the parents, something the the daemons try to
> discourage.
>
> Best,
> Arash
>
>
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, 11:04 Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY, <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Sorry for once again spilling over the South Asian borders but I can't
> seem to find a reliable reference for this claim:
>
> "Zoroaster is said to have had a miraculous birth: his mother, Dughdova,
> was a virgin who conceived him after being visited by a shaft of light.
>
> Perhaps some of our Indo-Iranians might know.
>
> Best,
>
> Dean
>
>
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