In one sect of this religion, children are given a shirt and girdle upon coming of age, which they are expected to wear their entire life. In one purification ceremony, adherents of this religion spend nine days in seclusion after touching the left ear of a dog. Another of its rituals, the(*) Yasna, adds the sacrifice of sacred water to the recitation of portions of the Avesta. Followers of this faith worship at Fire Temples and believe that the evil deity Angra Mainyu opposes the creator god, A
In one sect of this religion, children are given a shirt and girdle upon coming of age, which they are expected to wear their entire life. In one purification ceremony, adherents of this religion spend nine days in seclusion after touching the left ear of a dog. Another of its rituals, the(*) Yasna, adds the sacrifice of sacred water to the recitation of portions of the Avesta. Followers of this faith worship at Fire Temples and believe that the evil deity Angra Mainyu opposes the creator god, Ahura Mazda. For 10 points, identify this monotheistic religion founded in ancient Persia by its namesake prophet.
In one sect of this religion, children are given a shirt and girdle upon coming of age, which they are expected to wear their entire life.