The Persian 'Mar Nameh': The Zoroastrian 'Book of the Sna...
Nabarz, Payam / Taqizadeh, S. H.
The centuries old Persian poem 'Mar Nameh' describes in verse a method of augury, what seeing a snake on every one of the 30 days of a month will mean and what omen it will portend. The thirty-two couplets in Persian informative rhyme are shown here in beautifully handwritten Persian calligraphy. The poem is both translated and transliterated into English. The symbolic connection of the snake to Time is discussed and a modern approach to use t...