Sahib’s Thematic Creation via Mythical and Mystical Simorgh

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

saghar  salmaninejad mehrabadi ¹ (Associate Professor, Persian and English Language and Literature, Khajehnasir Tusi University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2021-09-17 Accepted : 2021-09-17 Published : 2021-09-23

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Abstract :

Simorgh is a mythical bird that has spread its wings in the field of Iranian thought, civilization, culture and thought from the distant past until now and has shown itself in various forms. The oldest text containing the myth of Simorgh is Avesta and in the field of Persian language and literature, Shahnameh is one of the most important occasions for the emergence of Simorgh. In the sixth century, Simorgh also appeared in the field of mystical literature. This mythical bird has emerged in each period with a role and color appropriate to that time. Indian style is a method of creating themes with the ideas of the past and Saeb Tabrizi is one of the greatest poets of this style who has paid much attention to mystical themes during the period of mysticism. In this article, which has been done in a descriptive-analytical manner, we want to study the emergence of mythical-epic Simorgh and mystical Simorgh in Saeb's poetry. Therefore, the question is: considering Saeb's various efforts to oppose and create themes in various fields, how did he use Simorgh to make themes, and in what field and to express what concepts did he use this mythical bird? Research shows that Saeb, in addition to using the story of the mythical Simorgh in Shahnameh, has also used the mystical Simorgh in " Attar's book" and the grandeur and glory of Simorgh is an element taken from both epic and mystical areas that is beautiful in Saeb's poetry has been used.