"The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)(publicdomainreview.org)

71 pointsby Thevet5 days ago4 comments

shervinafshar2 days ago
> How, one should rightly ask, could a khrafstar like the snake possibly be associated with good fortune?
For a while a running joke in Persian Wikipedia community was to call software "bugs", _khrafstar_s.
- sfRattan2 days ago
  The use of "bug" for engineering defect (a use that predates software by around a century) shares Middle English etymology with bugbear and bugaboo, both of which relate to evil spirits/creatures and annoyances. Khrafstar is not unreasonable as a translation.
Razengan2 days ago
I wish there were more games based on Persian lore.
Like how Al-Qadim was an Arabian-themed setting for D&D.
- pazimzadeh2 days ago
  Or just more movies about the Persians, where they’re not evil etc..
  - brunorsini2 days ago
    Go straight to the source, Iranian cinema is awesome and widely available.
    An easy starter is last year's "It Was Just an Accident", which was nominated for a couple of Oscars. It goes from being hilarious to offering a deep reflection on vengeance vs reparation.
    Kiarostami and Farhadi are also two great directors to explore.
    pazimzadeh2 days ago
    I kinda meant about ancient persia, like a Ben Gurion or other epic but about persia.
    but yeah iranian cinema is good. surpringly self-aware sometimes, like the 2004 movie Marmulak (The Lizard)
    aa-jv2 days ago
    This is excellent advice - do you have any more recommendations? I'd really love to dig deeper into this branch of cinema, it seems an opportunity for quite some cultural enlightenment.
    n4r92 days ago
    "A Separation" is good - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Separation
    Also "A girl walks home alone at night" - (Farsi language but produced in the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Walks_Home_Alone_at_Nig...
    dingdongditchme2 days ago
    the doc "Taxi": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(2015_film)
    aa-jv2 days ago
    Putting it on my list - thanks for that, looks like a great watch.
    mohsen12 days ago
    wow i totally missed "It Was Just an Accident". Have to watch asap.
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- PetitPrince2 days ago
  Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a very solid metroidvania that nails the cultural aspect. There's even a well produced farsi dub!
- lofaszvanitt2 days ago
  D&D is dead.
  - Razengan2 days ago
    DD&D?
    Luckily the local temple has a discount on resurrections
georgefrowny2 days ago
Just another reminder of the absolutely massive public benefit that the Internet Archive represents.
Just wish they'd make the metadata crowd-sourced, maybe a tie-up with Wikidata.
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