Zoroaster visits Ormazd by the Daieti River in ancient Iran and stays with him for 10 years, when Ormazd reveals the religion’s mysteries to him.. Houshidar, Houshidarmah, and Saoshyanth
Trang 1the prototypes of creation destroyed or spoiled by
Ah-riman After Kiumarth’s death, Ormazd reproduces the
human prototype It is said that Kiumarth’s seed falls
on the earth while passing away, is purifi ed by the Sun’s
rays, and after 40 years turn, into Rivas, a holy plant
with two stems These stems become the fi rst human
couple, Mashya and Mashayana
Evil forces lie in wait for the couple The fi rst couple
tells the fi rst lie, attributing creation to Ahriman To
punish their wrongdoing they are deprived of having
children for a long time, before their reparation is
ac-cepted At last they have seven sons and seven
daugh-ters Each of the pairs marries and leaves for one of the
seven territories or realms—according to Iranian
my-thology, ancient Iran was made up of seven countries
Humans expanded in number in the seven countries
The last part of the fourth quarter deals mainly
with Zoroaster This was the 10th millennium of
cre-ation when “Good Religion” expanded and developed
throughout the world Zoroaster visits Ormazd by the
Daieti River in ancient Iran and stays with him for 10
years, when Ormazd reveals the religion’s mysteries to
him Zoroaster announces his prophethood, and based
on the Pahlavi writings, Zoroaster is a complete human
being in mazdaism (praising and worshipping Ahura
Mazda)
The middle texts and the Sassanids’ writings tell of
the end of the world The prophetical literature of
Zoro-astrians is simultaneous with the internal confl icts in the
Sassanid Empire, expanding during Bahram Chubin’s
rebellion After the collapse of the Sassanids by the
Mus-lim Arabs such literature is encouraged and revived
Ac-cording to Sassanid texts, there are three saviors of the
world Houshidar, Houshidarmah, and Saoshyanth
ap-pear in the millennium after Zoroaster and expand good
All are miraculously born of Zoroaster’s seed and are his
sons Bahram (the victorious) and Pashootan are among
the most famous Bahram is a warrior, seeking truth by
coming to Iran, riding on a white elephant He defeats
cruelty and clears Iran from impurity, providing a
tran-quillity that had been long lost
The middle texts report the birth of the
trichoto-mous Saoshyanth as follows:
Zoroaster makes love with his wife three times during
a three-month period, after which his wife washes in the
Kiyanseh River and Zoroaster’s seed is mixed with the
river’s water Naryousang, the lord, leaves the seeds with
Anahita to mix with that of a mother at the proper time
A 15-year-old virgin swims in the Kiyanseh River, and
she becomes pregnant and gives birth to the fi rst savior,
Houshidar At the age of 30 he meets Ormazd and learns
all the teachings of Mazdims and continues the prophet-hood, previously held by his father Zoroaster Houshidar cleanses religion, destroys Ahriman’s traditions,
decreas-es famine and starvation, and helps expand the forcdecreas-es
of good In his reign children are born smarter, rivers become full, and plants only experience autumn every three years Wild animals and predators disappear Thirty years before Houshidar’s millennium ends, again a 15-year-old virgin swims in the Kiyanseh River and becomes pregnant, giving birth to Houshidarmah Houshidarmah visits Ormazd when he is 30 years old and becomes responsible for bringing salvation to the world The 20-day stoppage of the Sun is one of the signs of his emergence At the beginning of his millennium plants ex-perience autumn every six years, and all forces of evil are defeated The thirst and hunger ghoul becomes too weak, and everybody can live on one meal a day In the last 53 years of his millennium people become vegetarians and milk drinkers rather than fl esh eaters Medicine fl ourishes during this era, and life expectancy increases However, Zahak’s rebellion again unbalances good and evil in Iran Ormazd resurrects Garshasb’s spirits to fi ght with Zahak and destroy him, and the golden years restart
Thirty years before the end of Houshidarmah’s
millennium, Saoshyanth, the last creature of Ormazd,
would be born miraculously of the prophet Zoroaster’s seed by a virgin mother and would become the world’s savior At his revelation the Sun stays unmoved in the sky for 30 days Saoshyanth is received warmly by Kay Xusraw who is riding on Izadwai (God of wind) Saoshyanth appreciates Kay Xusras’s braveries by de-stroying the idols and defeating Afrasyab and thereby making way for the reconstruction and renovation of the world Kay Xusraw becomes king of all seven coun-tries during the Saoshyanth’s millennium, while Saoshy-anth is Moubad-e-Mubadan (lord of clergies)
During Saoshyanth’s millennium, which lasts 57 years, everything would be accomplished according to Gathas (Zoroaster’s original teachings) He gathers an army and fi ghts the infi delity ghoul, who then hides in
a hole Shahrivar (the guard of metals in the mundane world) pours metal into the hole to imprison the evil ghoul and send him to hell Saoshyanth overcomes all ghouls and evil forces through his fi ve prayers Ahriman and his evil emblems are forgotten, and the wicked evil spirits are destroyed The world becomes full of kindness, and happiness reigns Ahriman’s creatures—ugliness, dis-eases, pain, lies, and greediness—disappear and plants and trees never experience autumn; they are evergreen
In the fi rst 17 years of Saoshyanth’s millennium, peo-ple eat plants For 30 years they drink only water, and in