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  2. Faravahar - Wikipedia

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    The New Persian word فروهر is read as foruhar or faravahar (pronounced as furōhar or furūhar in Classical Persian).The Middle Persian forms were frawahr (Book Pahlavi: plwʾhl, Manichaean: prwhr), frōhar (recorded in Pazend as 𐬟𐬭𐬋𐬵𐬀𐬭; it is a later form of the previous form), and fraward (Book Pahlavi: plwlt', Manichaean: frwrd), which was directly from Old Persian ...

  3. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Faravahar on Fire ...

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    Close-up detail of the faravahar, an important symbol in Zoroastrianism, as it appears on the Fire Temple of Yazd. I think the image is technically quite good, I like that this example has color (a lot of the other examples on the faravahar page are simply hewn from unadorned stone), and the mild shadows bring out the relief.

  4. Fravashi - Wikipedia

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    In Avestan language grammar, the fravashi are unmistakably female, while the faravahar symbol is unmistakably male. In the Denkard 's myth of Zoroaster's conception ( Dk. , 7.2.15-47), his frawahr is sent down from heaven within a unique hom -plant to be united on earth with his mortal body ( tanu ) and appointed glory ( xwarrah ). [ 9 ]

  5. Shahbaz (bird) - Wikipedia

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    British explorer Richard F. Burton considered the symbol to refer to the goshawk species Accipiter gentilis. [2] Shahbaz could have alternatively referred to another common bird over the skies of the Iranian Plateau : the eastern imperial eagle , though this observation has never been claimed by historians as merited.

  6. Rod-and-ring symbol - Wikipedia

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    The goddess of the Burney relief presenting a rod-and-ring symbol in each hand. Mesopotamian deity sitting on a stool, holding the rod-and-ring symbol. Old-Babylonian fired clay plaque from Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The rod-and-ring symbol is a symbol that is depicted on Mesopotamian stelas, cylinder seals, and reliefs. It is held by a god or ...

  7. Talk:Faravahar - Wikipedia

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    "The Faravahar is the most worn pendant among Iranians and has become a secular national symbol, rather than a religious symbol. It symbolizes Good thoughts (پندار نیک pendār-e nik), Good words (گفتار نیک goftār-e nik) and Good deeds (کردار نیک kerdār-e nik), which are the basic tenets and principles of Zoroastrianism."

  8. If You See a Hawk, Here's the True, Unexpected ... - AOL

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    Maggie Wilson, author of the forthcoming book Metaphysical AF, has extensively researched animal symbolism across spiritual traditions. She notes that spotting a hawk is widely considered a ...

  9. Winged sun - Wikipedia

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    A winged sun hovers over a sepulchre filled with water; an alchemical symbol from the Rosary of the Philosophers. The winged sun is a solar symbol associated with divinity, royalty, and power in the Ancient Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia).