The Persian Mâr-Nâmeh or, The Book for Taking Omens from Snakes

Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji

In: Anthropological Papers: Papers (mostly on Parsee Subjects) read before the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Bd. 3. Bombay, The British India Press 1911, pp. 34-42

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Abstract

The paper is based on a lecture read on 30th November 1892 and contains the translation of an ancient Persian text about omens from snakes.

Document type: Book Section
Version: Secondary publication
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2015
Faculties / Institutes: Miscellaneous > Individual person
DDC-classification: Customs, etiquette, folklore
Controlled Keywords: Iran <Altertum>, Schlangenkult, Vorzeichen <Volksglaube>
Uncontrolled Keywords: Persien, Schlangenritual, Omen / Persia, Snake Rite, Omen
Subject (classification): Anthropology
Literature
Countries/Regions: other countries
Collection: Jivanji Jamshedji Modi / Works