Haoma (/ˈhoʊmə/; Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀) is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. Haoma has its origins in Indo-Iranian religion and is the cognate of Vedic soma.[1][2]
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Haoma (/ˈhoʊmə/; Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀) is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. Haoma has its origins in Indo-Iranian...
offshoots of pomegranate, gaz (Tamarix gallica), or haoma that Zoroastrians use in their rituals; and haoma, a plant, unknown today, that was the source of...
to the invisible realm and involving the consumption of fortified wine, Haoma, mang, and other ritual aids. In Zoroastrianism, water (aban) and fire (atar)...
Coleophora haoma is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura) and in Iran and Spain. Wikimedia Commons has...
Gaokarena (the "White Haoma"). This Younger Avestan allusion to immortality is properly developed in Bundahishn 27.2, where White Haoma is considered to be...
Immortality in Chinese mythology Pill of Immortality Silphium Soma and Haoma, a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic peoples and Indo-Iranians...
appears to have been done by joining the Gathic Staota Yesnya with the haoma ceremony. Furthermore, it is believed that another longer service developed...
the accompaniment of ritual chants. The Mobad also prepare drinks for the haoma ritual. In Indian Zoroastrianism, the priesthood is reserved for men and...
they theorised that the plant is the Avestan haoma mentioned in Zoroastrianism. The transcribed word haoma is thought to be likely related to the Vedic...
Press, Bremen, ISBN 978-3-95562-798-0 p. 20. Ruck, Carl (2019). "Persia, Haoma and the Greek Mysteries" (PDF). Sexus Journal. 4 (11): 991–1034. " Multilingual...
goddess associated with medical skill Alardy, god who heals skin diseases Haoma, god of health Eshmun, god of healing Angitia, snake goddess associated...
Yasna and a number of Yashts. In verse Y. 57.19 the personification of Haoma is mentioned offering to the Zoroastrian divinity Sraosha on Mount Hara...
of aging and of poison - she is associated with Soma/Haoma (at first, Zarathustra rejected Haoma, calling it "liquor-piss" in Yasna 48.10 of the Gathas...
Amrita Bread of Life Discourse Gum arabic Golden calf Soma (drink) and haoma, sacraments of the Rigveda and Zoroastrian canons, respectively Exodus 16:14...
final act of worship (yasna), and the preparation of parahaoma from "white haoma". The righteous will partake of the parahaoma, which will confer immortality...
dictionaries typically list it as meaning "magnificent"); with the sacred drink Haoma; or with the Persian name Vohuman, meaning "good thoughts". The 19th-century...
ritual required an otherwise-unknown plant that Plutarch calls "omomi" (Haoma or Soma), which was to be pounded in a mortar and mixed with the blood of...
ritual required an otherwise-unknown plant that Plutarch calls "omomi" (Haoma or Soma), which was to be pounded in a mortar and mixed with the blood of...
called Hanakana. According to Avestan sources, Afrasiab was killed by Haoma near the Čīčhast (possibly either referring to Lake Hamun in Sistan or some...
another large fish in Arabian mythology Falak Gaokerena the mythical white haoma tree being guarded by analogue mythical creatures Makara or Kar Mahi, analogues...
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