Persian Mythology

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Across
  1. 2. Mithra’s weapon
  2. 4. Moral focus of Persian life: truth vs. ___
  3. 7. Harsh natural feature that shaped Persian beliefs
  4. 8. Ahura Mazda’s sacred animal
  5. 11. Angra Mainyu’s symbol
  6. 18. Norse worldview compared to Persian: more ___
  7. 19. Practice done daily to maintain purity
  8. 22. Persian belief system centered on good vs. ___
  9. 23. Supreme god of light and wisdom
  10. 25. Type of disasters seen as attacks from Angra
  11. 26. God of the rising sun and kingship
  12. 27. Persian social class of kings
Down
  1. 1. Angra Mainyu’s weapon
  2. 3. Principle of evil, chaos, and destruction
  3. 5. Era when Persian mythology originated (3000 BCE)
  4. 6. Moral choice Persians believed supported cosmic order: good thoughts, words, and ___
  5. 9. One of the four sacred elements praised due to the environment
  6. 10. Greater region where Persian Mythology began
  7. 12. River that cleanses creation at the end of time
  8. 13. Cosmic battle ending in a purified world
  9. 14. Element Persians managed carefully due to scarcity
  10. 15. Persian worldview compared to Norse: more ___
  11. 16. Symbol of Ahura Mazda
  12. 17. Bridge souls cross for judgment
  13. 20. Nobles in Persian society
  14. 21. Persian priests
  15. 24. Mithra’s animal
  16. 25. Persian New Year still celebrated today