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[[File:Old norse, ca 900.svg|thumb|The approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century (CC BY Wiglaf and Idjck).]]
[[File:Timeline of Iran map.gif|thumb|Timeline of Iran map]]
The Old Norse culture is a Pre-Christian pagan culture in Northern Europe. Many sources on astronomical information are preserved in the works of (early) Christian missionaries, implying possible framing.


== Solar System Names ==
== Solar System Names ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Traditional  Terms
!Traditional  Signs
!Middle Persian
!Old Norse
!English
!English
!Commentary
!Commentary
|-
|-
|مهر
|
|Mehr
|Sól
|Sun
|Sun
|
|
|-
|-
|ماه
|
|Māh
|Máni
|Moon
|Moon
|
|
|-
|-
|هرمزد
|
|Ohrmazd
|Málsstjarna
|Jupiter
|Mercury
|Odin's star
|-
|
|Blóðstjarna or
| rowspan="2" |Venus
|
|
|-
|-
|وهرام
|Wahrām
|Mars
|
|
|Friggjarstjarna
|Frigg/Freyja's star
|-
|-
|آناهید
|Anāhīd
|Venus
|
|
|Þrekstjarna
|Mars
|Týr's star
|-
|-
|تیر
|Tīr
|Mercury
|
|
|Meginstjarna
|Jupiter
|Thor's star
|-
|-
|کیوان
|
|Kēwān
|Gnógleiksstjarna
|Saturn
|Saturn
|
|Njord's star
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! No. !! Modern Persian Name فارسی !! Avestan, Pahlavi (Pāzand) and Persian Transcriptions !! Etymological Meaning, when possible !! Commentary
! Runes !! Old Norse !! Etymological Meaning, when possible !! Commentary
|-
|-
|10
|
|شاهین
|
|[[Alshain]]
|
|Falcon
|
|see also [[Tarazed]],
is IAU-name
|-
|-
|7
|
|بوندا
|
|[[Bunda|Pāz. Bunda]]
|
|henbane
|
|is IAU-name
|-
|-
|9
|جوزهر
|[[Giausar]]
|
|
|is IAU-name
|
|
|
|-
|-
|4
|
|هَفتورنگ
|
|[[Haftōrang|Pahl. Haftōrang]]
|
|Seven signs
|
|
|-
|-
|12
|
|کاوه
|
|[[Kaveh]]
|
|One of the  heroes of the Shahnameh
|
|is IAU-name
|-
|-
|5
|
|میخگاه
|
|[[MēxGāh|Pahl. MēxGāh]]
|
|The Pivot of the place / The Pole Star
|
|
|-
|-
|6
|
|نخو/ نهن
|
|[[Nahn|Pāz. Nahn]]
|
|"nose"
|
|beginning  (of Leo),
is IAU-name
|-
|-
| 2 ||سَدویس
|
|[[Sadwēs|Pahl. Sadwēs]]
|


|The one with a hundred servants
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 8 ||سروش
|[[Pahl. Sorūsh]]
|
|
 
|
“obedience”, “discipline.”
|


|
|
|-
|-
| 11 ||ترازو
|
|[[Tarazed]]
|
| {|the Balance
| {|
|see also [[Alshain]],
|
is IAU-name
|-
|-
|1
|
|[[Tishtar (تیشتر)|تیشتر]]
|
|Pahl. [[Tishtar (تیشتر)|Tishtar]]
|
|The one connected with  the three stars
|
|
|-
|-
|3
|
|وَنَند
|
|[[Wanand|Pahl. Wanand]]
|
|The Victorious One
|
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 15:09, 20 January 2026

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

The approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century (CC BY Wiglaf and Idjck).

The Old Norse culture is a Pre-Christian pagan culture in Northern Europe. Many sources on astronomical information are preserved in the works of (early) Christian missionaries, implying possible framing.

Solar System Names

Traditional Signs Old Norse English Commentary
Sól Sun
Máni Moon
Málsstjarna Mercury Odin's star
Blóðstjarna or Venus
Friggjarstjarna Frigg/Freyja's star
Þrekstjarna Mars Týr's star
Meginstjarna Jupiter Thor's star
Gnógleiksstjarna Saturn Njord's star

Here is an overview on all Persian Star names

Runes Old Norse Etymological Meaning, when possible Commentary
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