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[[File:BarsomHom.jpg|thumb|Hom (Haoma) barsom, Museum for Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara]] | [[File:BarsomHom.jpg|thumb|Hom (Haoma) barsom, Museum for Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara]] | ||
'''Soma''' (also called '''Haoma''') was an Indo-Iranian psychoactive ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Greater Indian and Greater Iranian cultures. It is described as being prepared by extracting the juice from a plant, the identity of which is now unknown and debated among scholars. In both Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, the name of the drink and the plant are the same, and also personified as a divinity. | '''Soma''' (also called '''Haoma''') was an Indo-Iranian psychoactive ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Greater Indian and Greater Iranian cultures. It is described as being prepared by extracting the juice from a plant, the identity of which is now unknown and debated among scholars. In both Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, the name of the drink and the plant are the same, and also personified as a divinity. | ||