Zoroastrian cosmological framework: The history of the universe is divided into four distinct periods of 3,000 years each, adding up to a total of 12,000 years.
Zoroastrian Doctrine: Yima constructs a protected garden (vara) to preserve men, animals, and plants from a flood, with the help of the bird Karshipta.
Yima, also known as Jamshid in later Persian mythology, was a legendary king and a central figure in Zoroastrian tradition.
The story of Yima and the creation of the vara is found in the Zoroastrian text called the Vendidad (or Videvdat), which is part of the Avesta, the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism.
Fargard 2 of the Vendidad: The specific section of the Zoroastrian text where this myth is detailed.
The Zoroastrian scriptures, including the Avesta and the Vendidad, do not have precise dates attributed to their origins as they were transmitted orally for centuries before being written down.
Zoroastrian Cosmology: Haptōring refers to the seven stars of the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major), known as the "Seven Chiefs" or "Seven Judges."
In Zoroastrian tradition (ancient Iranian religion), Tishtrya is a benevolent divinity (yazata) linked to rainfall, fertility, and cosmic order.
This connection appears in Zoroastrian sources (Avesta), scholarly works (e.g., Encyclopaedia Iranica, Antonio Panaino's studies), and comparative Indo-Iranian mythology.
Zoroastrian Tradition:
Mah (Zarathustra) — Zoroastrian lunar deity (Mångha or Mah), yazata (divine being) of the Moon, guardian of plants, livestock, and the "seed of the Bull." Source: Zoroastrian Avesta (Māh Yašt) and Bundahishn texts.
Cosmology: Creation of the universe According to the Zoroastrian creation myth, Ahura Mazda existed in light and goodness above, while Angra Mainyu existed in darkness and ignorance below.
is the Avestan language name of the primordial bovine of Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology, one of Ahura Mazda's six primordial material creations and the mythological progenitor of all beneficent animal life.
According to Zoroastrian thought man is composed of the material, the vital and the spiritual.