Zoroaster lower right corner. The prophet is holding a star-studded globe. Zoroaster Zoroaster (, ; "Zōroastrēs"), (Persian: زرتشت pronounced as Zartusht) also known as Zarathustra (, ; "Zaraθuštra"), Zarathushtra Spitama, or Ashu Zarathushtra, was an ancient Persian prophet, spiritual leader and ethical philosopher who taught a spiritual philosophy of self-realization and realization of the Divine. His teachings challenged the existing traditions of the Indo-Iranian religion and later developed into the religion of Mazdayasna or Zoroastrianism. He inaugurated a movement that eventually became the dominant religion in Ancient Persia. He was a native speaker of Old Avestan and lived in the eastern
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" is an instrumental by Brazilian musician Eumir Deodato, from his 1973 album "Prelude". It is a heavily jazz-funk styled rendition of the introduction from the Richard Strauss composition "Also sprach Zarathustra". Released as the album's first single in early 1973, his rendition peaked at #2 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart on 31 March 1973 (behind Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly") and #7 on the UK Singles Chart. It won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The track has appeared on many compilation and re-issue albums since