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.
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]