{"id":1266,"date":"2022-02-22T05:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T05:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2022-02-28T07:59:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T07:59:12","slug":"simurg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/simurg\/","title":{"rendered":"Simurg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/simurg-Ancient-Persian-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3974\" width=\"250\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/simurg-Ancient-Persian-Symbols.webp 500w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/simurg-Ancient-Persian-Symbols-291x300.webp 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Simurg (also written Simurgh, Simorgh, Simoorgh, Simour, and Senvurv) is a legendary bird from ancient Persia. The scale-covered body of this eternal, huge female winged creature, with a dog&#8217;s head and foreparts, lion&#8217;s claws, and peacock&#8217;s wings and tails, is commonly described. It is sometimes represented with a human face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Simurg was seen as a beneficent guardian with healing and protective abilities. It was thought to cleanse the streams and the soil, as well as provide fertility. It was also seen as a messenger or intermediary between the Sky and the Earth, as well as a sign of their marriage. The Simurg appears frequently in both classical and modern Persian literature, and is utilized as a symbol for God in Sufi mysticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several classic creation stories feature the mysterious bird. According to Persian traditions, the Simurg was extremely old, having witnessed the destruction of the earth three times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simurg (also written Simurgh, Simorgh, Simoorgh, Simour, and Senvurv) is a legendary bird from ancient Persia. The scale-covered body of this eternal, huge female winged creature, with a dog&#8217;s head and foreparts, lion&#8217;s claws, and peacock&#8217;s wings and tails, is commonly described. It is sometimes represented with a human face. The Simurg was seen as &#8230; <a title=\"Simurg\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/simurg\/\" aria-label=\"More on Simurg\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3975,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions\/3975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}