عدد،نماد،اسطوره الفارسية 1402

The book "Number, Icon, Myth" written by "Arash Nooraghai" was published by Afkar Publications. The importance of the number 40 and its sanctity may be due to the fact that this number is obtained by multiplying the numbers 4 and 10. The number 10 was the sacred number of the Pythagoreans and it is obtained from the sum of the first 4 natural numbers: 10+3+2+4=10 The number 10 in the Greek language is in the form of two crossed diagonal lines X. It is interesting to know that Plato believed that God created the world based on two intersecting lines (the same X shape). And it will be more interesting if we know that astronomers imagine two axes on the earth, one of which defines the ecliptic and the other is the celestial equator. The celestial equator is the image of the Earth's equator on the celestial sphere. The intersection of these two axes is the equinoctial points, and this is why Plato considers these two intersecting lines to be the foundation of the world. On the other hand, the number 4 is also a divine number. In many languages, the word God has four letters. Paradise is divided into four parts. The four animals are the symbols of the House of Israel and we have four authentic Bibles in Christianity. It is interesting that these four gospels, which were formed by the four apostles of Christ, are each attributed to one of these animals. Mark to the lion, Matthew to the man, John to the eagle, and Luke to the cow. Again, it is interesting to know that the image of Sphinx or SPHINX is a mixture of these four animals. We are talking about a creature that has the head of a man, the ears of a cow, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. It is surprising that those who are familiar with astronomy, know that all these four have a place for themselves in the homes of the Al-Brouj region.