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Showing 3 results for Mythology
Hasan Zolfaghari,
Volume 22, Issue 77 (12-2014)
Abstract
One of the themes of romances is the fighting of the beloved. In Iran's mythical and legendary history names of women and mistresses like Golshah, Sarvkharaman, Gordafarid, Azra, and Sanambar are found who used to come to the battle field with their lover sand defend them like a male warrior. Such actions are extant in the greate pics or their reproduction and they have been so frequently repeated in romances that they have been turned in to regular themes. In this article the researcher attempts to introduce these poems and their beloveds and show the actions of the female warriors. Ten Stories are studied in this article, including Bano Goshasb Nameh, Rabe’e and Baktash, Sohrab and Gordafarid, The Iranian Princess in Thousand and One Nights, Heydarbeyk and Samanbar, The Killer Hero, Gordiehand Khosrow Parviz, Varghe and Golshah, Vamegh and Azra, Homay and Homayoun.
Yahya Kardgar, Hasan Shahriari,
Volume 28, Issue 89 (12-2020)
Abstract
Knowledge of myths and epics is important and necessary to get acquainted with the past culture and civilization of nations. Therefore, it is worth considering the developments that occur in a society’s myths and epics due to political and social reasons and the passage of time. So far, no research has been done aimed at identifying the causes and the changes occurred in the mythological and epical images of Iran in the most important Persian history books from the third century up to the end of the Safavid rule. The results of this study, which was done using the descriptive-analytical method, are: the removal of many ideas of Zoroastrianism from the face of Iranian mythology as a result of Arab domination and the influence of Islam, changes in some of the actions and deeds of Iranian mythological characters and the influence of Islamic teachings on them and their mixing with the Israelites (foreign narratives from Jewish sources), the transformations that took place in the form of characters, stories, and mythological geography, and the mixtures that influenced the Iranian mythology due to the spread of Israelites in the form of contemporaneity, fake lineage, uniformity, and geographical affiliation. Other findings of this study show the influence of the thoughts of the Semitic people on Iranian mythology and the logic of the credibility of the historian’s era on the Iranian narratives, which led to various myths about them.
Dr Ebrâhim Vâsheqâni Farâhâni,
Volume 32, Issue 97 (1-2025)
Abstract
The numeral system is one of the most important and challenging components of the writing system, which has two dimensions and is not simply limited to the written form of numbers. The challenge of number writing, on the one hand, is due to the nature of numbers and the way they exist in each language, which itself is the result of the different attitude of each nation to existence, and the second dimension of the challenge is related to the way of writing numerical entities in each language. Therefore, even though number writing is a phenomenon of the writing system, it cannot be considered a purely inscriptive phenomenon, but to describe the numeral system, it is necessary to pay attention to the type of attitude and vision of peoples and nations towards existence and especially the mythological foundations of the attitudes of each nation. Middle Persian is no exception to this approach, and one of the neglected requirements for responding to the ambiguities of the Middle Persian numeral system is the attitude towards existence, particularly the mythological beliefs of Iranians. Following the valuable efforts made so far to compile and describe the Middle Persian numeral system, this article proposes other considerations while discussing the answers to some uncertainties still existing in the Middle Persian numeral system. Moreover, some of the traces and reflections of this system are tracked in the Modern Persian language and script, which on the one hand helps compile the Middle Persian numeral system and on the other hand, facilitates the understanding of Modern Persian words and texts. The findings of this study show that it is possible to describe the Middle Persian numeral system, and to do so, seeking help from the mythological foundations of Iranian thought is beneficial and crucial. The present article does not claim it has formulated the Middle Persian numeral system, although it presents considerations and suggestions for compiling it.
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