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Rune Uruz and Zarathustra’s Name
Rune *uruz literally means “auroch,” and symbolizes “virility, determination, primal raw energies associated with life force, and adventurous spirit.” In short, uruz is the “subconscious will power,...
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Rune Kenaz, sacredness of pine tree, and the image of lighting the torch in...
Rune *kenaz/kaunan symbolizes the “light of knowledge.” The original meaning of *kenaz though is “PINE” or the TORCH of flammable pinewood. *Kenaz, from the Old Norse kaun is a cognate of the Old...
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The rune Tyr, Avestan Tištar, three Star, Celestial Arrow, and MIDSUMMER
In the runic alphabet *Tīwaz or Týr is a warrior rune, and teaches that valor and a noble cause will ultimately triumph, and carry the day. *Tīwaz is “Day Sky god, the god of sacred struggle, and just...
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Ahura Mazda as the Giver of Gifts, Odin’s rune Gebo, and the virtue of...
In the ancient Germanic runic alphabet*geƀō “gift” represented “generosity and giving.” Geƀō was a rune of Odin as it expressed Odin’s role as the Gift-Giver. The exchange of gifts was a sacred...
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The language of the Immortals and the third &10th hymn of the Gathas
The third hymn of the poetic gathas/songs of Prophet Zarathustra start with the words at tá vaḵšiia išentö “In this day, of the words of power, I shall speak.” Vaḵšiia comes from the root vač/vaḵš...
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Immortality, Tree symbolism in the Zoroastrian sacred lore, and the tree of...
Trees specially evergreens and ancient trees are the symbol of Immortals in Zoroastrianism. The link between trees, “Immortality and deathlessness” ameretát is established in the poetic gathas, See...
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Fravahar/Fravar, the Valkyries, and the Parsi Mukhtad Rites
The last ten-days at year’s end, are the “All Hallows or All Saints Festival” in the Zoroastrian calendar, dedicated to fravašis or fravars “Valkyrie-like beings” who are the “pristine prototypes of...
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Rune EIHAWZ, the yew tree, and the Zoroastrian scarlet tree
The yew tree figured prominently in ancient Germanic legal and ritual symbolism. References to yew tree appear in sacred ritual and legal texts of the pagan Germanic people, perhaps because of yews...
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Nowrouz Bal, The end of Summer New Year of the Lush Caspian Mountains, and...
The lush Caspian Mountains, and Northeastern Iran were the last strongholds of Zoroastrianism after the arab moslem invasion. While according to the Avesta, the Zoroastrian New Year, Nauv-rouz begins...
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Rune laguz, Lakes, and the powerful Giants of Ages/Lords of Time in...
In the runic alphabet of the ancient Norsemen *laguz “lake,” is the rune of “psyche, spirit, soul, vast bodies of water, the rune of unfolding, revelation.” *laguz is a cognate of Gothic *lagus, Old...
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Rune Othala and Inheriting the Brilliant Nature, Good Mind of the Gods in...
In the Elder Futhark symbolism of the ancient Vikings, Othala rune represented the o sound. Othala disappeared from the Scandinavian record around the 6th century, but it survived in the Anglo-Saxon...
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The dominion of the Gods, rich pastures, and the oppressed tillers of the...
The ancient Zoroastrian spirituality is unequivocally linked to agriculture, animal stewardship, and a celebration of the purity/bounty of nature expressed in the key agricultural festivals of the...
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Ahura Mazda, the supreme god of Zoroastrianism, the God of “learning, wisdom,...
Mazdá Ahûrá is the Supreme God of ancient Zoroastrianism. The ancient Aryan Prophet Zarathustra called his Supreme God Mazdá Ahûrá “the god of learning, wisdom, discovery, imagination, mind, memory” or...
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The ancestor of Thinking Man, Avestan Manuš, Ancient Germanic Mannus, and the...
In the Zoroastrian sacred lore, Manûš is the ancestor of “thinkers, sages, and the wise, learned scholars”. The Magi priests of the ancient Aryans (or specifically the Indo Iranians) trace their...
View ArticleRune fehu, Aveatan fšü, pasu and the celebration of wealth, prosperity in...
The first rune in the ancient Germanic alphabet is fehu literally “herds and flocks.” Fehu is the rune of “wealth” and moveable property. Avestan fšü/pasuu, Gothic faihu, Old Norse fe, Old High German...
View ArticleThe Norns who spin the threads of fate in Norse mythology, and the ancient...
One of the key concepts of the worldview of the Norse and other Germanic peoples of pagan Europe was their unique view of destiny. The starting point for understanding the Norse view of destiny is...
View ArticleZoroastrian Winter Solstice celebrations and the pagan origins of the...
The celebration of Winter solstice is an age-old Zoroastrian sacred rite. The time of winter solstice in the Zoroastrian sacred lore symbolizes the defeat of darkness and gloom in the moment when all...
View ArticleRune Jera, the Zoroastrian maiδ-yaar festival, and Epiphany
The Zoroastrian maiδ-yaar “mid-year” festival, starts on December 31 and ends on or about January 4th. Maiδ-yaar ranks after Vernal Equinox, as the SECOND MOST FESTIVE and SACRED thanksgiving holiday...
View ArticleMagi, the ancient Zoroastrian hereditary Priesthood, and Haplogroups I M170,...
The legend of the three “Wise Men or Kings” from the East who supposedly visited the savior child is very popular, and widely accepted in the Christian literature. The three “Wise Men or Kings” were...
View ArticleRagnarök, new age of the Gods, and the account of final resurrection RASTAḴIZ...
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök, is the final great battle of the world, in which gods and heroes will fight demons, gloom and forces of darkness. Ragnarök translates into the final “lot, destiny” rök of...
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