Talk:Druj
Add topicLatest comment: 14 days ago by Kjansen86 in topic Re-establishing dedicated article for Druj (based on academic consensus)
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Necessary disambigution?
[edit]Was it really necessary to create this? We have one fully capitalized acronym and one normal word, and the context is so vastly different that confusion is unlikely. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:28, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
- DRUJ is extremely common terminology in healthcare. If you Google druj/Druj/DRUJ, pretty much all results are about the anatomical entity. I was surprised not to see a Wikipedia page in there when I Googled DRUJ. It shows up now since I made this disambig. We can certainly make this page a direct redirect to Distal radioulnar articulation rather than disambig. Tow (talk) 17:16, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
Re-establishing dedicated article for Druj (based on academic consensus)
[edit]I have replaced the redirect to Asha with a full, well-sourced article on Druj. While merging Druj into Asha was a pragmatic cleanup in the past, a dedicated article is warranted IMO for the following reasons:
- Academic Consensus (Encyclopædia Iranica): The Encyclopædia Iranica, which is kind of the gold standard for Iranian studies, treats Druj as an independent, primary theological and cosmological concept with its own dedicated entry (authored by Jean Kellens, alongside extensive references by scholars like Mary Boyce, P. Oktor Skjærvø, and Michael Stausberg).
- Conceptual Independence: Although Asha and Druj form a fundamental dualistic opposition in Zoroastrianism, they represent distinct ontological entities (Cosmic Order/Truth vs. Deception/Chaos). Conflating them into a single article creates an incomplete picture of Zoroastrian cosmology, linguistics (including the development from Avestan druj to Old Persian drauga), and textual history in the Avesta.
- Comprehensive Documentation: The new article provides a thourough, citation-backed overview covering etymology, occurrences in the Avesta, historical development, and the connection to Achaemenid royal inscriptions.
- Lack of material on Druj: The article on Asha is, in its current form, an article about Asha. It only discusses the etymology of Druj but none of its other aspects.
Regardless, constructive feedback and further improvements to the article are certainly very welcome!Kjansen86 (talk) 16:44, 30 October 2026 (UTC)