A 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means
A 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means Popkin 11:58 am Sun Aug 2, 2026 snake omens — Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts / CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) The Marnameh is a short Persian book, written in the late fifteenth century, that explains the meaning of seeing a snake. It runs through the thirty days of the Zoroastrian calendar, most of them named for a divinity or figure, and gives the omen attached to a snake sighting on each one. They belong to a category called khrafstar, the harmful creatures — frogs and scorpions are in there too — spawned by Ahriman, the source of all evil, as against the beneficent animals of Ahura Mazda.
- ▪A 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means Popkin 11:58 am Sun Aug 2, 2026 snake omens — Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts / CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) The Marnameh is a short Persian book, written in the late fiftee
- ▪It runs through the thirty days of the Zoroastrian calendar, most of them named for a divinity or figure, and gives the omen attached to a snake sighting on each one.
- ▪They belong to a category called khrafstar, the harmful creatures — frogs and scorpions are in there too — spawned by Ahriman, the source of all evil, as against the beneficent animals of Ahura Mazda.
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A 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means Popkin 11:58 am Sun Aug 2, 2026 snake omens — Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts / CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) The Marnameh is a short Persian book, written in the late fifteenth century, that explains the meaning of seeing a snake. It runs through the thirty days of the Zoroastrian calendar, most of them named for a divinity or figure, and gives the omen attached to a snake sighting on each one. Zoroastrianism is not fond of snakes. They belong to a category called khrafstar, the harmful creatures — frogs and scorpions are in there too — spawned by Ahriman, the source of all evil, as against the beneficent animals of Ahura Mazda.
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