Esfandiyār: The Open and the Closed Eyes

Subject Areas : Mytho

سعید  گنج بخش زمانی ¹ (کارشناس ارشد زبان و ادبیات فارسی)

Received: 2015-05-26 Accepted : 2015-05-26 Published : 2007-03-21

Keywords: Ferdowsi, Shāhnāmeh, Rostam, Esfandiyar, Goshtāsp,

Abstract :

  The story of Rostam and Esfandiyār is one of the most moving tragedies in Ferdowsi’s epic Shāhnāmeh. In this story, we have three main characters: Rostam as a superman; Esfandiyār, an invulnerable hero who is simple-minded; and Goshtāsp who fears either his son (Esfandiyār) or  his enemies might dethrone him. This article tries to analyze these mythological characters from philosophical and psychological points of view.