Examination of the position of the constellations of the Alborz region In the rituals and popular beliefs of the Iranian people

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1 Department of crafts, Faculty of Arts. University of Birjand. Birjand Iran

2 Senior expert in Islamic art

10.22077/jcrl.2024.7612.1126

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The study of the beliefs and beliefs of different peoples will only be complete and comprehensive by exploring their myths and early rituals. Ancient civilizations came up with their own special view to justify the natural disasters around them. The Alborz region and its constellations, as a group of celestial bodies in Iranian culture, have always been considered as elements and factors for the transfer of human destiny from heaven to Earth. This belief can be found in surviving Pahlavi texts, and its extension can also be traced in regulatory texts or astronomical rulings in the Islamic period. In these texts, different symbols have been attributed to the twelve Bruges, from which they have obtained results for the daily actions of the people or have deduced prophecies for different things from them. In addition, in some folk beliefs and Customs, the traces of the constellations of the AL-barouj region and its external beliefs are also recognizable. This is a qualitative approach to descriptive - analytical and comparative research using library data and related images.

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Journal of Ritual Culture and Literature
Volume 3, Issue 2 - Serial Number 6
December 2025
Pages 69-88

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