>>510861630>so basically, tell me if i'm understanding this right, the magians (priest-sorcerer-wisdomkeepers) were the link between hindu/vedic/aryan belief systems (featuring a pantheon of gods and steady-state world system) and zoroastrianianismYes, but you're forgetting that the pantheon of one is contrary to the other. Devas are gods in Hinduism, but demons in Zoroastrianism, and Asuras are demons in Hinduism, but gods in Zoroastrianism, due to a theological conflict between the Indo-Aryan tribes.
>how do the magians get along with Egyptians? Herodotus says that the Magi were priests of Media, which was founded by Medus, son of Medea, who was a Colchian, a people that, according to his description, were Egyptians/Phoenicians.