Talk:Homa (mythology)

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Also Iranian people say that in the past Persians used Homa to choose kings: the person who Homa set on him became king of Persia.

It's far from clear what this means -- can anyone explain? Flapdragon 13:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Huma, Homa

Hi there, thanks for creating Huma but an earlier article already is under name Homa. We Shoulde merge them. Amir85 08:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

See huma (mythology) Also see this image bird of paradise

I do note that the spellings seem to be about equally used. Anayat Kahn definitely uses the spelling "Huma" for the bird because he even talks about the derivation of the sounds in the article I listed there. Chris 11:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I am looking into this matter as hard as I can given the resources I have. It seems that the Persian "homa" is not the same as the "bird of paradise" as it does not appear to be a bird, but a conglomoration of creatures. All I can find on a "homa bird" are references to the Vedas, a bird that falls when hatched, then catches wakes and, fearing the ground and death, starts to fly toward the sun. This does not sound the same as what I have read about the bird of paradise which is more like the phoenix myth. Do you have any good sources? All the references I can find to "the bird of paradise" use the "u" spelling. The creature on Iran Air looks like a griffin as described in the Homa article and not much like a bird. airline logo. Unless you have a good source that they are the same, let's try to get some other feedback on this. I am copying our discussion to the Homa discussion page. Chris 13:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm currently out of decent sources (Unfortunately It's damn hard to find books about Persian mythology in India..) so I can't prove or disprove Huma = Homa, but will search for it. Amir85 18:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)