Xwedodah
Historical Zoroastrian consanguinious marriage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xwedodah (Persian: خویدوده; khwēdōdah; Avestan: xᵛae¯tuuadaθa) is a spiritually-influenced style of consanguine marriage assumed to have been historically practiced in Zoroastrianism before the Muslim conquest of Persia.[1][need quotation to verify] Such marriages are recorded as having been inspired by Zoroastrian cosmogony and considered pious. It was a high act of worship in Zoroastrianism, and there were punishments for not performing it.[2]Xwedodah was widely practiced by royalty and nobility, and possibly clergy, but it is not known if it was commonly practiced by families in other classes.[3] In modern Zoroastrianism it is near non-existent, having been noted to have disappeared as an extant practice by the 11th century AD.[3][need quotation to verify]