This figure was imprisoned by a king after arguing with his court seers and priests for three days, but was freed after he cured the king's favorite horse. Seven sections called burino are included in
This figure was imprisoned by a king after arguing with his court seers and priests for three days, but was freed after he cured the king's favorite horse. Seven sections called burino are included in a chapter that provides an account of this figure's birth, the Spend Nask. This figure authored a hymn whose fifth section praises the Apas, or waters of the world, and he received his first vision while bathing in a river and encountering a being named Vohu Manah. This son of Poroshasp and author of the Gathas preached a religion in which the evil Angra Mainyu eternally opposed the good Ahura Mazda. For 10 points, name this prophet and namesake of a dualistic Persian religion.
This figure was imprisoned by a king after arguing with his court seers and priests for three days, but was freed after he cured the king's favorite horse.
Zarathustra [or Zoroaster]