The founder of Mazda Motors was actually named Matsuda but nameed the company after Ahoura Mazda the good god in Zoroastrianism because of its mystical traditions.
Their dualistic theism actually solves one of the problems with monotheistic religions which must rationalize why a benevolent God would allow evil to exist. There are a lost of crossover beliefs in Zoroastrianism or Mazdaism with Hinduism which makes it similar to Buddhism in some ways.
Richard Strauss wrote “Thus Spoke Zarathrustra” which was inspired by the novel by Friedrich Nietzsche and it became the iconic theme music for the Kubrick movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey”
Many of the mythological epics in Western literature like Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” and even “Star Wars” are based on Zoroastrian myths of epic battles between good and evil forces that must test the resolve of the young hero through many trials.
The Indian industrial giant company Tata Motors was founded by a Zoroastrian family that maintains control to this day.
Their beliefs promote balance and harmony with nature and they believe that burying or cremating bodies actually pollutes the world. Instead, they build funeral towers where they lay out corpses so that vultures can eat them.
“Many of the mythological epics in Western literature like Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” and even “Star Wars” are based on Zoroastrian myths of epic battles between good and evil forces that must test the resolve of the young hero through many trials.”
Bull! Tolkien was a Roman Catholic who was an expert in language. His son became a priest. He was greatly influenced by World War I and among the Inklings, he attempted to convert CS Lewis.