Haoma Worshipper in the Shahnameh and its Mythological Roots مقالة

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Received date: 2013/01/29 Acceptance date: 2013/03/01 Abstract Homa or Haoma, known as Soma in Vedic culture, is a mysterious plant that has placed itself in the position of gods and deities within the realm of Indian and Iranian mythology. Perhaps racial and cultural commonalities between Iran and India have never been severed, (Campbell, 2011: 3 and 38) commonalities that are rooted in the collective unconscious and related to their common homeland prior to migration, (Daudow, 2006: 41); however, among the group of deities related to nature, the Aryans of India and Iran showed great interest in the worship of the Soma plant1 (known as Haoma2 in the Avesta) and the drinking of its fermented infusion. Haoma A narrative mention in this regard is noteworthy: They made a stem from the Haum plant and placed it over a man, and they carried Zoroaster's Fravashi into it; then they took it from the light of the end and placed it on the mythical mountain Isnavad - which is in Azerbaijan. " (Jalali Naeini, 1367: 195 and 196) According to ancient Indian narratives, the gods, who were initially mortal, became immortal by drinking the Soma juice; here, Soma has functioned for the assembly of gods like the water of life, (Ibid, 1367: 149 and 161) but the gift of Soma is not only for the immortality of the gods or only for empowering Indra for battle; beautiful and pleasant expressions and descriptions exist in the Vedic hymns regarding this wonderful deity.