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To: Cronos

Weren’t the Magi Zoroastrians?


15 posted on 10/26/2020 7:53:09 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot
Yes, Magi (/ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/; singular magus /ˈmeɪɡəs/; from Latin magus) were priests in Zoroastrianism and the earlier religions of the western Iranians. The earliest known use of the word magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription.


16 posted on 10/26/2020 7:58:20 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: windsorknot

By all indications, yes, the Magi were Zoroastrian.


29 posted on 10/26/2020 9:36:31 AM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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