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Symbols and Values in Zoroastrianism

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Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin (b. Jupille, a suburb of Liège, 21 April 1910; d. Liège, 8 February 2012), distinguished scholar of classical philology, especially concerning ancient Indo-Iranian studies

Duchesne-Guillemin also focused attention on the peripheral religions of Zoroastrianism and on the mutual influences of the beliefs in that region. Regarding Mithraism, he showed that the tauroctonous Mithra could be related to Ahriman (“Aiōn et le léontocéphale: Mithras et Ahriman,” 1960).