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Persian myth

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Bas-relief from ancient Persepolis - a symbol Zoroastrian Nowruz - in day of a spring equinox power of eternally fighting bull (personifying the Earth), and a lion (personifying the Sun), are equal (Though lions were not a symbol of royalty in the achamenid era and were in fact a game to be hunted)

British museum
Image size
767x767px 316.97 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A420
Shutter Speed
1/13 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
Date Taken
Dec 22, 2007, 11:52:50 AM
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Well, yesterday I asisted to a conference about Pasargada and Persepolis. They said taht the lion is the symbol of Sun but the equine was the symbol of night and Moon) in a way to representing night-day together.