Ardashir Papak made this the state religion of the Sassanid Empire, and statues depict the central figure of this religion with a snake coiled around his body.
The Menok i Khrat gives the best account of the fatalist type of this religion. In the ninth century, this religion was worshiped by the brother of Manushchihr, Zatsparam. This religion is divided into the Materialist type, the religion of the zandiks, and the "Classical" type, which worships the central figure as the creator instead of his son. Ardashir Papak made this the state religion of the Sassanid Empire, and statues depict the central figure of this religion with a snake coiled around his body. The main figure of this religion offered sacrifices for one thousand years in order to bear a son, and eventually conceived ? twins representing good and evil. FTP, name this branch of Zoroastrianism which worships the androgynous, neutral god of infinite space and time.
The Menok i Khrat gives the best account of the fatalist type of this religion.
{Zurvanism} [accept {Zurvanite Zoroastrianism}, prompt on {Zoroastrianism}] ({3}