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A 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means

The Marnameh assigns an omen to each of the 30 days of the Zoroastrian calendar, from justice to reuniting with a lost friend.

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Aug 02, 2026
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snake omens — Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts / CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
snake omens — Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts / CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)

The Marnameh is a short Persian book, written in the late fifteenth century, that explains the meaning of seeing a snake. It runs through the thirty days of the Zoroastrian calendar, most of them named for a divinity or figure, and gives the omen attached to a snake sighti…

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