Mahnaz Moazami, Ph.D. (Sorbonne, 1995) Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, has written extensively on aspects of Zoroastrian tradition including Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion (History of Religions, 2005).

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1Creation of the Different LandsChapter 2Jam’s Golden Rule and the Great WinterChapter 3Delightful and Demonic Places on EarthChapter 4Contracts and OffensesChapter 5Dead Matter and DefilementChapter 6Contamination of the Land by CorpsesChapter 7On Nasuš, the She Demon of Dead MatterChapter 8Purification Rituals after DeathChapter 9The Baršnūm PurificationChapter 10Formulae Against the DemonsChapter 11Exorcisms for PurificationChapter 12On Ritual Observance for the DeadChapter 13Veneration of DogsChapter 14Crime of Killing an OtterChapter 15Sinners Deserving a Death SentenceChapter 16Impurity During MenstruationChapter 17Proper Disposition of Hair and NailsChapter 18The Unworthy Priest and the RoosterChapter 19Temptation of Zarathushtra by the Evil SpiritChapter 20Zoroastrian Concepts of MedicineChapter 21Invocations Against the DemonsChapter 22Antidotes Against the Evil SpiritConclusionGlossaryBibliography

Mahnaz Moazami, Ph.D. (Sorbonne, 1995) Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, has written extensively on aspects of Zoroastrian tradition including Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion (History of Religions, 2005).

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1Creation of the Different LandsChapter 2Jam’s Golden Rule and the Great WinterChapter 3Delightful and Demonic Places on EarthChapter 4Contracts and OffensesChapter 5Dead Matter and DefilementChapter 6Contamination of the Land by CorpsesChapter 7On Nasuš, the She Demon of Dead MatterChapter 8Purification Rituals after DeathChapter 9The Baršnūm PurificationChapter 10Formulae Against the DemonsChapter 11Exorcisms for PurificationChapter 12On Ritual Observance for the DeadChapter 13Veneration of DogsChapter 14Crime of Killing an OtterChapter 15Sinners Deserving a Death SentenceChapter 16Impurity During MenstruationChapter 17Proper Disposition of Hair and NailsChapter 18The Unworthy Priest and the RoosterChapter 19Temptation of Zarathushtra by the Evil SpiritChapter 20Zoroastrian Concepts of MedicineChapter 21Invocations Against the DemonsChapter 22Antidotes Against the Evil SpiritConclusionGlossaryBibliography

Mahnaz Moazami, Ph.D. (Sorbonne, 1995) Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, has written extensively on aspects of Zoroastrian tradition including Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion (History of Religions, 2005).

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1Creation of the Different LandsChapter 2Jam’s Golden Rule and the Great WinterChapter 3Delightful and Demonic Places on EarthChapter 4Contracts and OffensesChapter 5Dead Matter and DefilementChapter 6Contamination of the Land by CorpsesChapter 7On Nasuš, the She Demon of Dead MatterChapter 8Purification Rituals after DeathChapter 9The Baršnūm PurificationChapter 10Formulae Against the DemonsChapter 11Exorcisms for PurificationChapter 12On Ritual Observance for the DeadChapter 13Veneration of DogsChapter 14Crime of Killing an OtterChapter 15Sinners Deserving a Death SentenceChapter 16Impurity During MenstruationChapter 17Proper Disposition of Hair and NailsChapter 18The Unworthy Priest and the RoosterChapter 19Temptation of Zarathushtra by the Evil SpiritChapter 20Zoroastrian Concepts of MedicineChapter 21Invocations Against the DemonsChapter 22Antidotes Against the Evil SpiritConclusionGlossaryBibliography