Life AndMountain MythIn Shahname (From Kiumars to Jamshid)
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
The mountainword is kaofa in ancient Iran and kof in Pahlavi. The mountains have enclosed Iran triangular and Iranian’s life start first inside of the mountains. The mountains have elevated position in myth of Shahname and retell the imaginary history myth of mankind symbolically and metaphorically can know about mythological eras by knowing about meaning of the mountain.in Ferdowsi’s retelling our epic poet: and by precise look, weunderstand that the king’s names are symbol of Iranian mythological life in ancient era. Kiumars - the cave man – was the symbol of cave dwelling – HoushangPishdadi was the symbol of passing the cave dwelling and yamshid was the symbol of emerging social layers and formalizing the religion in special places like mountain.
Authors and Affiliations
Hafez Sadeghpoor| Department of Persian Language and Literature, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran
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