Bundahishn, Held in several collections
Text · Zoroastrian (Persian) · Held in several collections

Bundahishn

A Persian creation book sets all history in a 12,000-year plan, with evil's defeat already scheduled.

Compiled mostly 8th-9th c. CE from older Avestan material

The Bundahishn sets all of history in a 12,000-year war of good and evil. Why might a people want time to have a plan?

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