Zurvanism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

Zurvanism (uncountable)

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

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