Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions
The division of the world is one of the issues that began with the social life of human in all over the world and still continues. The oldest division has mythical and legendary aspects that shows the geographical knowledge or religious and ethnic beliefs of their predecessors. Various geographical...
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| description | The division of the world is one of the issues that began with the social life of human in all over the world and still continues. The oldest division has mythical and legendary aspects that shows the geographical knowledge or religious and ethnic beliefs of their predecessors. Various geographical divisions can be seen in the ancient Iranians tradition. Each of these divisions follow the specific arrangement of listing the geographical areas, which discussed in this paper. The arrangement of geographical areas in Achaemenid and Sasanin inscriptions and in the Mihr Ya&scaront, the oldest of Avesta, are the same. Because of this similarity canât be accidental, in this paper the cause of the similarities has been investigated. The arrangement of geographical areas in two lists ( inscriptions and Mihr Ya&scaront ) shows clockwise (sunwise) fashion, that investigated in religious view in this study. Due to the Mithraâs influence on cultural and religious context of the ancient Iranians, for the first time in present paper investigated the role of this god and his influence on the writing the geographical lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanin inscriptions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a065ab5e83cc45899058906ecb826cb02022-12-22T00:53:11ZfasUniversity of Isfahanپژوهش های تاریخی2008-62532476-33062016-12-018411113010.22108/jhr.2016.2128321283Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptionsnazanin tamari0دانشگاه ارومیهThe division of the world is one of the issues that began with the social life of human in all over the world and still continues. The oldest division has mythical and legendary aspects that shows the geographical knowledge or religious and ethnic beliefs of their predecessors. Various geographical divisions can be seen in the ancient Iranians tradition. Each of these divisions follow the specific arrangement of listing the geographical areas, which discussed in this paper. The arrangement of geographical areas in Achaemenid and Sasanin inscriptions and in the Mihr Ya&scaront, the oldest of Avesta, are the same. Because of this similarity canât be accidental, in this paper the cause of the similarities has been investigated. The arrangement of geographical areas in two lists ( inscriptions and Mihr Ya&scaront ) shows clockwise (sunwise) fashion, that investigated in religious view in this study. Due to the Mithraâs influence on cultural and religious context of the ancient Iranians, for the first time in present paper investigated the role of this god and his influence on the writing the geographical lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanin inscriptions.http://jhr.ui.ac.ir/article_21283_a77298d74c3314822120d8a8460ea45c.pdfgeographical listsAchaemenid inscriptionsSasanid inscrptionsMihr Yašt |
| spellingShingle | nazanin tamari Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions پژوهش های تاریخی geographical lists Achaemenid inscriptions Sasanid inscrptions Mihr Yašt |
| title | Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions |
| title_full | Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions |
| title_fullStr | Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions |
| title_short | Mithra and the Arrangement of Geographical Lists in the Achaemenid and Sasanid Inscriptions |
| title_sort | mithra and the arrangement of geographical lists in the achaemenid and sasanid inscriptions |
| topic | geographical lists Achaemenid inscriptions Sasanid inscrptions Mihr Yašt |
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