UCI Religious Studies Program & Classics Department Present:
MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRÉS-TOLEDO
University of Salamanca
From Animal Rights to Ritual: The Dog in Zoroastrianism
Dogs were and still are highly esteemed by Zoroastrians, who included them among the beneficent creatures of Ahura Mazdā. Since antiquity, as manifest in the Avestan texts, Zoroastrianism exhorted its believers to respect, protect and take good care of dogs, as they would have done with their human fellows. In this presentation, I will analyze the role of dogs in Zoroastrian law, rituals and myths, and how these shaped the Zoroastrian narrative in dialog with other religious traditions of several historical periods.
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Meeting ID: 974 3929 0627
Passcode: 579321