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Ahiqar’s childlessness (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
children
Zoroaster
Ādurbād
Period
4th century CE 		Channel
Iranian culture

Text
Admonitions of Ādurbād 1 (Middle Persian):
This, too, is manifest: Ādurbād had no child born of the body. For this reason he then put his trust in the gods, and it was not long before Ādurbād had a child. Then on account of the righteous nature of Zardušt (= Zoroaster) Spitāmān, he named him Zardušt, and said: ‘Arise, my son, that I may educate you.’

Source (list of abbreviations)
Admonitions of Ādurbād 1 (Middle Persian)

Bibliography

de Blois 1984, 45de Blois, F. “The Admonitions of Adurbad and their Relationship to the Ahiqar Legend.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1984) 41-53.

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cf. Aramaic story

Amar Annus


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