Category Archives: Iran

Boil, Fry, and Rostam

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Nathan

Having read this post on Tor the other day, I was inspired to look up more information on the legendary Persian hero Rostam, sometimes spelled Rustam. By searching on Google, I discovered that Rostam is also the name of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Greek Mythology, History, Iran, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Persian, Poetry, Religion, Zoroastrianism | Tagged bonu goshasp, demons, div-e sepid, dragons, elephants, esfandyar, faramarz, ferdowsi, goshasp, hercules, horses, kay kavus, lions, parthian empire, rakhsh, rostam, rubadeh, rustam, shaghad, shahnameh, simurgh, sohrab, taminah, witches, zal | Leave a comment

Iran to the Ends of the Earth

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Nathan

I’m still not entirely sure why Republicans are so anxious for a war with Iran. I mean, I think war should generally be a last resort anyway, but here I’m not even sure what the benefit would be. That’s not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fundamentalism, History, Iran, Judaism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged apocalypse, asia minor, beth-togarmah, bible, british mandate for palestine, cyrus of persia, cyrus scofield, dispensationalism, donald trump, esther, ethiopia, ezekiel, gog, gomer, hal lindsey, iran nuclear deal, isolationism, israel, jesus, magog, meshech, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pacifism, parthian empire, persia, president ronald reagan, prophecy, put, qasem soleimani, revelation, scofield reference bible, tubal, war, zionism | Leave a comment

Serendipity, My Dear Watson

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Nathan

The daily e-mail I get from Wikipedia mentioned about a week ago that the word “serendipity” was first used in a letter Horace Walpole dated 28 January 1754. The word has come to signify unintended good fortune, but where did … Continue reading →

Posted in Etymology, Fairy Tales, History, Iran, Television | Tagged augste dupin, camels, edgar allan poe, horace walpole, inductive reasoning, king baram v of persia, serendipity, sherlock holmes, sir arthur conan doyle, sri lanka, the murders in the rue morgue, the three princes of serendip, voltaire, zadig | Leave a comment

Dice Dice Baby

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Nathan

While some historical games of chance have been played with all kinds of marked throwable objects, dice as we know them have been around for centuries. Millennia, even. The oldest known dice were found at an archaeological site in modern-day … Continue reading →

Posted in Dice, Discworld, Games, History, Iran, Roman Empire, Scandinavia, Terry Pratchett | Tagged alea iacta est, alexander the great, board and table games from many civilizations, bronze age, craps, dice, gambling, gordian knot, hazard, hising, julius caesar, king olaf of norway, king olaf of sweden, r.c. bell, saturnalia, the last hero, yahtzee | 4 Comments

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Nathan

For today’s historical religious figure, let’s take a trip to ancient Iran, or as it was then known, “Iwalked.” Okay, that was just a little humor. (Very little, in fact.) Actually, I’m not sure what the appropriate term would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Iran, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism | Tagged ahura mazda, alexander the great, angra mainyu, avesta, cyrus the great, daniel, dualism, freddie mercury, free will, king vishtaspa, mazdean-christian universalism, medes, parsi, persians, prophets, resurrection, satan, zarathustra, zoroaster | 20 Comments

Category Archives: Iran

Boil, Fry, and Rostam

Iran to the Ends of the Earth

Serendipity, My Dear Watson

Dice Dice Baby

Also Sprach Zarathustra

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