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Traditional legends and stories originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples

Persian mythology or Iranian mythology (Persian: اسطوره‌های ایران) is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples, and a genre of Ancient Persian folklore. These stories business concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the aboriginal Persians' own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of not only modernistic-mean solar day Iran but the Greater Iran, which includes regions of West Asia, Cardinal Asia, S Asia and Transcaucasia where Iranian culture has had significant influence. Historically, these were regions long ruled by dynasties of diverse Iranian empires,^{[note ane] [i] [2] [3]} that incorporated considerable aspects of Persian civilization through extensive contact with them,^{[note 2]} or where sufficient Iranian peoples settled to still maintain communities who patronize their respective cultures.^{[note 3]} Information technology roughly corresponds to the Iranian plateau and its bordering plains.^{[4] [5]} The Encyclopædia Iranica uses the term Iranian Cultural Continent for this region.^{[six] [vii]}

Religious background [edit]

Most characters in Persian mythology are either proficient, or they are evil. The resultant discord mirrors the nationalistic ideals of the early on Islamic era too as the moral and ethical perceptions of the Zoroastrian period, in which the earth was perceived to exist locked in a battle betwixt the destructive Ahriman and his hordes of demonic dews and their un-Iranian supporters, versus the Creator Ormuzd, who although not participating in the day-to-mean solar day affairs of flesh, was represented in the world by the izads and the righteous ahlav Iranians.

Good and Evil [edit]

On the other side of the fence is Zahhak, a symbol of despotism who was, finally, defeated by Kāve, who led a popular insurgence confronting him. Zahhak (Avestan: Aži Dahāka) was guarded past two vipers which grew out from both of his shoulders. No thing how many times they were beheaded, new heads grew on them to guard him. The snake, like in many other mythologies, was a symbol of evil, but many other animals and birds appear in Iranian mythology, and, especially, the birds were signs of expert omens. Most famous of these is the Simurgh, a large, beautiful, and powerful bird; and the Huma bird, a royal bird of victory whose plume adorned Western farsi crowns.

Peri (Avestan Pairika), a beautiful albeit evil adult female in early mythology, gradually became less evil and more beautiful.

The conflict between good and evil is prevalent in Persian myths as well as Zoroastrianism.

Run into also [edit]

• Armenian mythology
• Iranian mythology
• Listing of articles related to Persian mythology
• Persian sociology
• Farsi literature
• Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
• Zoroastrianism

Notes [edit]

1. ^ These include the Medes, Achaemenids, Parthians, Sasanians, Samanids, Safavids, Afsharids and Qajars).
2. ^ For example, those regions and peoples in the North Caucasus that were not under directly Iranian rule.
3. ^ Such as in the western parts of South Asia, Bahrain and Tajikistan.

References [edit]

1. ^ Marcinkowski, Christoph (2010). Shi'ite Identities: Community and Culture in Changing Social Contexts. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 83. ISBN978-3-643-80049-7.
2. ^ "Interview with Richard Due north. Frye (CNN)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-23.
3. ^ Frye, Richard Nelson (1962). "Reitzenstein and Qumrân Revisited by an Iranian". The Harvard Theological Review. 55 (4): 261–268. doi:10.1017/S0017816000007926. JSTOR 1508723.
4. ^ "Iran i. LANDS OF Islamic republic of iran". Encyclopædia Iranica.
5. ^ Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia: Glossary. Clive Holes. 2001. Page XXX. ISBN 978-90-04-10763-two
6. ^ "Columbia College Today". columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-eleven-27. Retrieved nine Dec 2015.
7. ^ Sarkhosh-Curtis, 5., Farsi Myths (1993) London, ISBN 0-7141-2082-0

• Iran almanac and book of facts 1964–1965. Fourth edition, new impress. Published by Echo of Iran, Tehran 1965.

Further reading [edit]

• Hinnells, J. R. (1985). Persian Mythology. P. Bedrick. ISBN0872260178.

External links [edit]

• Iranian Mythology by Albert J. Carnoy
• Indo-Iranian Mythology
• Islamic republic of iran Almanac 2006

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_mythology

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