Persian Mythology

[Mehrbod]

world of warcraft
or
lord of the rings
?:))

اینها به من بود؟ من نه WoW بازی میکنم نه روی هم رفته از بازی/فیلم/داستان‌های "فانتزی" خوشم میاید.

ولی استوره‌شناسی چیزی فراتر از فانتزی است؛ از و درباره نیاکان و گذشتگان ما میگوید.
اینکه چه چیزهایی برای ایشان خداسان می‌مانسته و ترسها و نیازها و سرانجام خواسته‌های درونی‌اشان در چه ریخت و پیکری خود را نمایان میساخته.

میتوان در آن بازنمود ژرف‌ترین خواسته‌های خود امروزین ما را هم دید.

[undead_knight]

اینها به من بود؟ من نه WoW بازی میکنم نه روی هم رفته از بازی/فیلم/داستان‌های "فانتزی" خوشم میاید.

ولی استوره‌شناسی چیزی فراتر از فانتزی است؛ از و درباره نیاکان و گذشتگان ما میگوید.
اینکه چه چیزهایی برای ایشان خداسان می‌مانسته و ترسها و نیازها و سرانجام خواسته‌های درونی‌اشان در چه ریخت و پیکری خود را نمایان میساخته.

میتوان در آن بازنمود ژرف‌ترین خواسته‌های خود امروزین ما را هم دید.

تصویر سازی هاش من رو یاد این دو انداخت :)
اتفاقا من موافق شناخت اسطوره های پیشینیان هستم به همین دلیل
good job :)

[Mehrbod]

Zâl

Zāl("Albino") is a legendary Persian warrior in Shahnameh.

An albino, Zāl was born with white hair. Because of this, his parents called him Zāl. In the Persian language, "Zaall" refers to those who suffer from albinism. Zāl was the son of Sām and the grandson of Nariman, both heroes of ancient Persia and protectors of "Motherland Iran" or "Iran-zamin." Because of his defect, Zāl was rejected by his father. He was left when only an infant; upon the mountain Damavand, which has the highest geographic peak in Iran.

The mythical Simurgh (a very large and wise bird which darkens the sky when flying, said to be related to the phoenix) found the baby and took him to her nest. Then after a time, passing caravans saw a noble young man, his chest a mountain of silver, his waist a reed, in the bird's nest.

Rumor of this remarkable presence finally reached Sam, who was encouraged by his wise men to hasten to the scene. There, looking up, he saw his son, but when he tried to climb toward him, he could find no way to the lofty perch. He then prayed to God, asking forgiveness and help. When the Simurgh saw Sam, she knew that he had come for her charge. The devoted bird gave the youth a plume, saying: "Burn this if ever you have need of me, and may your heart never forget your nurse, whose heart breaks for love of you.

The mighty and wise Simurgh gave Zāl these three feathers to burn when in trouble. She would appear as soon as the feathers were lit.


Art by (Zal and the Simurgh) Zae369

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Sâm

Sâm, also transliterated Saam is a mythical hero of ancient Persia, and an important character in the Shahnameh epic. He was the son of Nariman, grandson of Garshasp and father to Zāl.

He was Iran's champion during the rule of Fereydun, Manuchehr and Nowzar. He was appointed by Manuchehr to rule Zabulistan (Sistan), and then Mazandaran. After Manuchehr, because of Nowzar's corrupted and fail...ed rulership, Iranian champions asked Sâm to rule Iran. Sâm didn't accept, he supported Nowzar and advised him to follow Fereydun and Manuchehr. He was the supposed founder of the well known philosophy Sâmifarianism. Sâm returned to Mazandaran, and died soon after that. Afrasiab then attacked Zabulistan.

The name Sâm is equivalent to the Avestan name 'Saama', which means dark and Sanskrit 'Shyaama' which means the same.

In this illustration Sam dreams a second night and is tormented and ashamed by what he is shown.

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Mount Damavand
In Persian: Damâvand

Mt Damavand is the most prominent feature of Iran looming majestically near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it has a narrow summit with permanent snowcap, surrounded by many good looking peaks and ridges, in a clear weather the mountain is visible far from 250 km, just below the crater there are few famous glaciers such as Yakhar, Sioleh and Dobi Sel, it is located in Iran Mazandaran province, 80 km north east of capital Tehran, midway Haraz road near Amol city.Mount Damavand is a dormant volcano located in Iran. With the summit reaching 18,406 feet (5,610 m), it is the highest peak in Iran and the Middle East and it is the highest volcano in all of Asia.

Damavand is significant mountain in Persian mythology. It is the symbol of Iranian resistance against despotism and foreign rule in Persian poetry and literature. In Zoroastrian texts and mythology, the three-headed dragon Aži Dahāka was chained within Mount Damāvand, there to remain until the end of the world. In a later version of the same legend, the tyrant Zahhāk was also chained in a cave somewhere in Mount Damāvand after being defeated by Kāveh and Fereydūn. Persian poet Ferdowsi depicts this event in his masterpiece, the Shahnameh:

He brings Zahhak, himself a mountain
to the peak of Damavand and binds his neck

The mountain is said to hold magical powers in the Shahnameh. Damāvand has also been named in the Iranian legend of Arash as the location he fired his arrow to mark the Iran border. The famous poem Damāvand by Mohammad Taqī Bahār is also one fine example of the mountain's significance in Persian literature. The first verse of this poem reads:

Oh white giant with feet in chains
Oh dome of the world, Oh Mount Damavand

[Mehrbod]

Karshipta
aka: Karshipta, Karshift
In Perso-Arabic: کرشفت، کرشیپتر

A bird in Persian mythology which can speak. Karshipta was sent to spread the religion of Ahura Mazda to the men assembled by Yima in his vara (enclosure). They were gathered there to protect themselves from the scourging winter that was to destroy mankind.

originally conceived as a "winged" sun, Karshipta's outstretched “eagle-spread” wings are remarkably similar to those of the Kalahamsa in full flight.

The bird Karshipta dwells in the heavens: were he living on the earth, he would be the king of birds. He brought the Religion into the Var of Vima, and recites the Avesta in the language of birds.

Karshipta is the human mind-soul, and the deity thereof, symbolized in ancient Magianism by a bird, as the Greeks symbolized it by a butterfly. No sooner had Karshipta entered the Vara or man, than he understood the law of Mazda, or Divine Wisdom. . . . With the Kabalists it was a like symbol. 'Bird' was a Chaldean, and has become a Hebrew synonym and symbol for Angel, a Soul, a Spirit, or Deva; and the 'Bird's Nest' was with both Heaven, and is God's bosom in the Zohar.

This allegory describes the descent of the manasaputras during the third root-race: a high intelligence able to wing its way in the celestial realms entering man's constitution and awakening the faculty enabling him to understand and to recite "the Law" as imbodied in the highest divinities to and for the human species.

[Mehrbod]

Simurgh - In the Shahnameh
Aka: Simorq

The Simurgh made its most famous appearance in the Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings), where its involvement with the Prince Zal is described. According to the Shahnameh, Zal, the son of Saam, was born albino. When Saam saw his albino son, he assumed that the child was the spawn of devils, and abandoned the infant on the mountain Alborz.

The child's cries were heard by the tender-hearted Simurgh, who lived atop this peak, and she retrieved the child and raised him as her own. Zal was taught much wisdom from the loving Simurgh, who has all knowledge, but the time came when he grew into a man and yearned to rejoin the world of men. Though the Simurgh was terribly saddened, she gifted him with three golden feathers which he was to burn if he ever needed her assistance.

Upon returning to his kingdom, Zal fell in love and married the beautiful Rudaba. When it came time for their son to be born, the labor was prolonged and terrible; Zal was certain that his wife would die in labour. Rudabah was near death when Zal decided to summon the Simurgh. The Simurgh appeared and instructed him upon how to perform a cesarean section thus saving Rudabah and the child, who became one of the greatest Persian heroes, Rostam. Simurgh also shows up in the story of the Seven Trials of Rostam and the story of Rostam and Esfandiar.

[Reactor]

مهربد جان من جایی خوانده بودم که ایندرا یک الهه ی هندی هست؟ آیا درسته؟

[undead_knight]

مهربد جان من جایی خوانده بودم که ایندرا یک الهه ی هندی هست؟ آیا درسته؟

البته تا مهربود بیاد من یه نکته کوچیک بگم:)
خدایان و قهرمانان هندی و ایرانی شباهت های زیادی دارند(حتی شباهت هایی به نسبت کمتر هم با خدایان یونانی دارند)ولی با گذشت زمان شماری از خدایان هندی جز دیوان و موجودات شرور افسانه های ایران شدند و بعضی خدایان ایرانی هم از افسانه های هندی کم کم حذف شدند:)

[Mehrbod]

مهربد جان من جایی خوانده بودم که ایندرا یک الهه ی هندی هست؟ آیا درسته؟

درود,

ایندرا یکی از خدایان هندو-ایرانی است.
رویهمرفته شهرمندی و هتا زبان و فرهنگ ایران و هند نزدیکی بسیاری دارند که اینرا در استوره‌ها یشان نیز مینمایانند, در هند نمونه‌وار همانجور
که آندد گفت «دیوها» را داریم که باشندگانی خوب و نیک هستند ولی در استوره‌هایِ ایران کم کم به باشندگانی پلشت دگریسته‌اند و جایشان را به اگر لغزش نکنم
اهوره‌ها و یا همان امشاسپندان و ایزدان پاک داده‌اند.

ایندرا هم یکی از دیوان شده که در برابر امشاسپند اردبیهشت (ارته وهیشته: بهترین راستی) میایستد.