Beliefs Iranian folklore

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cheshm nazar



ajîl-e moshkel-goshâ problem-solving nuts of chaharshanbe suri
cheshm nazar (چشم نظر)and nazar ghorboni (نظرقربونی): pendant or gemstone or likewise used necklace protect owner evil eye. compare nazar (amulet).
cheshm-zakhm (lit. blow eye ), evil eye (chashm occurs alone same meaning; cf. chashm-e bad, chashm-e shūr, chashm-e hasūd envious eye ; nazar zadan or chashm zadan inflict evil eye ; middle persian duščašmīh or sūr-čašmīh), supposed power of individual cause harm, illness or death, person (or animals , other possessions) merely looking @ him or complimenting him. dried capsules of esfand (peganum harmala)(known in persian اسپند espænd or اسفنددانه esfænd-dāneh) mixed other ingredients placed onto red hot charcoal, explode little popping noises, releasing fragrant smoke wafted around head of afflicted or exposed gaze of strangers. done, ancient prayer recited. prayer said muslims zoroastrians.
fāl gereftan (divination), many varieties of divination attested in persian folk practice. include interpretation of objects appear haphazardly, interpretation of involuntary bodily actions (sneezing, twitching, itches, etc.), observing animal behavior, divining playing cards (fāl-e waraq) or chick-peas (fāl-e noḵod), bibliomancy (e.g., fāl-e hafez), divination means of mirrors , lenses (āʾīna-bīnī), observation of liver of slain animal (jegar-bīnī), divination means of flame of lamp, etc.


mirror , candles in iranian wedding ceremony



mirror , candles, in iranian wedding tradition, customary buy silver mirror , 2 candles , place in wedding sofra (a piece of cloth spread on floor, , on dishes of food , traditional items of wedding such quran placed ) , first thing bridegroom sees in mirror should reflection of wife-to-be.not muslims, iranian jews , zoroastrians observe custom of offering sofras various holy figures.
mirror , quran , when buying new home, customary place mirror , quran in front of first thing enters new house.
patience stone , persian popular folktale. in tale, patient stone, empathetic of listeners, absorbs sorrows , pains of person confides in it. said when stone can no longer contain pain harbors, bursts pieces.




^ serving different kinds of pastry , nuts known ajîleh moshkel goshâ (lit. problem-solving nuts) chahârshanbe sûrî way of giving previous year s health , happiness, while exchanging remaining paleness , evil warmth , vibrancy of fire. [1]
^ دنیای مجازی یا فاجعه مجازی در ایران - قاشق زنی، آجيل مشکل گشا، پريدن از روی آتش، فالگوش ايستادن archived march 4, 2007, @ wayback machine.
^ m.moin:a persian dictionary, 3rd edition, page 4752(in persian)
^ Šakūrzāda, omidsalar, ebrāhīm, mahmoud. ČaŠm-zaḴm . encyclopædia iranica. retrieved 2009-06-30. 
^ اسفند archived december 18, 2010, @ wayback machine. great islamic encyclopedia (in persian)
^ cite error: named reference encyclopædia iranica divination invoked never defined (see page).
^ omidsalar, mahmoud. sofra . encyclopædia iranica. retrieved november 15, 2006. 
^ quran in iranian traditions (in persian) . retrieved 2011-03-12. 
^ habibi, faranguis. synguÉ sabur: pierre de patience . encyclopædia iranica. retrieved march 13, 2016. 






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