The Cock as a sacred Bird in ancient Iran

Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji

In: Anthropological Papers: Papers (mostly on Parsee Subjects) read before the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Bd. 1. Bombay, The British India Press 1911, pp. 104-121

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Abstract

The paper based on a lecture read on 28th March 1900. It describes the importance of the cock as a sacred bird in old Persia.

Document type: Book Section
Version: Secondary publication
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2015
Faculties / Institutes: Miscellaneous > Individual person
DDC-classification: Customs, etiquette, folklore
Controlled Keywords: Iran <Altertum>, Hahn <Motiv>
Uncontrolled Keywords: Persien, Hahn / Persia, Cock
Subject (classification): Anthropology
Religion and Philosophy
Countries/Regions: other countries
Collection: Jivanji Jamshedji Modi / Works