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Since the earliest form of Zaydism was Jaroudiah, [27] many of the first Zaidi states were supporters of its position, such as those of the Iranian Alavids of Mazandaran province and the Buyid dynasty of Gilan province and the Arab dynasties of the Banu Ukhaidhir [citation needed] of al-Yamama (modern Saudi Arabia) and the Rassids of Yemen.
By the folklorists' definition, all myths are religious (or "sacred") stories, but not all religious stories are myths: religious stories that involve the creation of the world (e.g., the stories in the Book of Genesis) are myths; however, some religious stories that don't explain how things came to be in their present form (e.g., hagiographies ...
There are theories of an origin in the Indian Vedic religion, [2] the Zoroastrianism and the Greco-Roman Religion like Orion. [3] There are broad practices that these religions often hold in common: Purification and cleansing rituals; Sacrifices (plant and animal sacrifice, libations, rarely, but prominently in mythology, human sacrifice)
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Zaidi Imamate or Yemeni Zaidi State, kingdom in Yemen (1597–1849) Al-Zaidi, Arab descendants of Zayd ibn Ali; Zaidi Wasitis, people with the surname Zaidi, South Asian descendants of Zayd ibn Ali, from Wasit, Iraq, followers of Twelver or Athnā‘ashariyyah (Ja'fari jurisprudence) Zaidi Al Wasti, another surname found among the same people
Folk religion in Hinduism may explain the rationale behind local religious practices, and contain local myths that explain the customs or rituals. However, folklore goes beyond religious or supernatural beliefs and practices, and encompasses the entire body of social tradition whose chief vehicle of transmission is oral or outside institutional ...
Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India and, as such, Hinduism is often called the "oldest living religion" [8] or the "oldest living major religion" in the world. [9] [10] [11] [12]
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