Savagery and holiness of boar in Persian teaching literature and myths

Subject Areas : Persian Language and Literature

neda yans ¹ , kamran pashaei fakhri ²

1 - Postdoctoral Fellow in Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 - Faculty Member, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Aslay Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2024-08-21 Accepted : 2025-07-19 Published : 2025-09-27

Keywords: Key words: boar, teaching literature, nations myths, Firdausi&rsquo, s Shahnameh, myths,

Abstract :

Different people communicated with a language comprehendible for each other in any period. They used symbols, signs and myths for expressing of their ideas. It is true that we live in a world of symbols and mythical teaching concepts .These symbols and myths were from categories of plants, objects, fruits, colors, humans and finally animals. It is obvious that black symbolizes darkness and depression of thoughts; pomegranate is symbol of fertility and horse symbolizes chastity and there is a horse besides a famous hero, fire is symbol of death and regeneration and in other place, it symbolizes purification and impurity. These concepts have not been accounted in mythology and symbols books. Sometimes, one of these elements has contradictory image for some nations. For example, wolf symbolizes position among Turks and Persians. Such concept is true for boar. Boar is symbol of bravery and courage for one nation and it is symbol of greed for others. There are similarities between Indian and Iranian mythology and boar manifests the savor god of the earth and people for them. Celts believe that boar is a spiritual creature that sometimes has dominated aspect of protagonist and it is sometimes antagonist that has been converted to its current shape by a savor. For Scandinavians and Germans, boar is symbol of respect accompanied by fear .It plays an important role on discovery of the secret truths. This article tries to investigate boar in Persian verse and prose and myths.

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