Zoroastrian Founding Revelations

The Zoroastrian founding revelations are the two events standard histories of Zoroastrianism identify as the origin of the religion in ancient Iran. The Revelation to Zarathustra is recorded as the prophet own formative encounter that is treated as the beginning of his teaching. The Conversion of Vishtaspa, a ruling patron who adopted the new teaching, is presented in the same historical literature as the event that let the young religion gain royal protection and begin to spread beyond Zarathustra own immediate circle. Histories of Zoroastrianism treat the prophet own revelation and his patron conversion as the two founding events of the tradition, one following closely on the other.