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  1 - Captive of Saturn(Critical Analysis of Auspicious and Inauspicious Stars in Khaqani’s Poetry)
  Naeimeh Motevaseli Seyyed Jafar Hamidi Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Kazerouni
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  2 - Heavenly Settler in Ruins Owl and Its Being Auspicious or Ominous in the Works of the Great Iranian Poets (Ferdowsi, Khaqani, Nezami, Sa'adi and Sa’eb)
  Naeimeh Motevaseli Marzieh Nadafi
  The culture of a nation is formed by a set of beliefs and convictions, which have emerged gradually or have been borrowed from other cultures and nations. In the ethos of the Iranian people, as well as the other nations, there are beliefs that have origins in Iranian cu More

  The culture of a nation is formed by a set of beliefs and convictions, which have emerged gradually or have been borrowed from other cultures and nations. In the ethos of the Iranian people, as well as the other nations, there are beliefs that have origins in Iranian culture or are the outcome of interaction of different cultures with the Iranian culture. Iran has been invaded three times in different periods, and in addition to the vast destructions and losses, has been culturally influenced by so many subduing beliefs. One of the non-Iranian beliefs is to consider the owl as an ominous and hated animal despite its being beautiful and heavenly auspicious in Iranian culture. In this study, after a brief introduction about Iranian culture and the influence of foreign cultures on it, the focus shifts to the owl and the common belief in its auspiciousness and ominousness. Then the impact of these beliefs have been discussed in the works of Ferdowsi, Khaqani, Nezami, Sa'adi and Sa’eb, and in the end, the origins of Iranian's belief as to consider the owl an auspicious bird is explored Manuscript profile