The Fire Beyond
Non-Ritual Avestan Fires
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19214812 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo (0000-0002-7131-706X, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/irn.2026.10168 |
| OpenAlex | W7163543991 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The Young Avestan text Wīdēwdād 8.81–96 deals with the contamination of fire as a result of its use in daily activities, arguing that the pristine purity of this sacred element be restored by bringing each of the polluted fires to an appropriate place. While listing non-ritual uses of fire, this text also gives precious details about the material culture of the speakers of Young Avestan in southern Central Asia during the first millennium BCE. This information is relevant for not only better understanding the history of the region in that period but also tracing the composition of these passages back to the Achaemenid period
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |