Mehrgan

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The Mehrgān Festival ( Persian مهرگان, also Persian- Arabic ميزان, DMG Mizan  called balance scale ') is next Nowruz and Yalda festival of the oldest traditional festivals of the old-Iranian peoples in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, etc. It is celebrated in October, as the Persian New Year ( Nouruz) coincides with the beginning of spring.

Word meanings

The term Mehrgān consists of two words, namely Mehr and gān . The term more can have different meanings. On the one hand, he is the name of one of the greatest deities of Zoroastrianism . B. stands for promise. On the other hand, more also means love and affection. Thirdly, more is also the designation for the seventh month of the year and at the same time the name for the sixteenth day of each month (see also Zoroastrian calendar ). Gān stands for belonging. This means that Mehrgān can be described as the festival belonging to the deity Mehr or as the festival of love .

Mehrgan in Shāhnāme

The Iranian national poet Ferdosi described the establishment of this festival as a celebration in memory of the coronation of King Fereydun after the successful liberation struggle against Zahak in the Iranian national epic Shahnama as follows:

"On the lucky day, the first of the month of Mihr, he
sits on the head of the crown ornament.
Time was carefree with sorrow,
You all turned to godliness.
They emptied the heart of the war drink,
And made a new feast with feast.
...
He has set up the banquet
where one rests and lasts with wine.
That was left to us as a reminder,
Don't let worry and toil offend you. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Mehrgan" - The Autumn Festival . ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Iranian Community Bonn (Kutsch) eV @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kutschbonn.de
  2. ↑ Friedrich Rückert: Firdosi's King's Book (Schahname) Sage I – XIII . epubli GmbH, Berlin, 2010. Reprint of the first edition Reimer, Berlin, 1890, ISBN 978-3-86931-356-6 , p. 70.

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