A comparative comparison of Ahuraian men in Shahnameh and Avesta based on the royal family

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

zinat jahani ¹ , Kimia Tajnia ² , Ismail Eslami ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Jiroft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jiroft, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Jiroft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jiroft, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, Jiroft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jiroft, Iran

Received: 2021-03-27 Accepted : 2021-03-27 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: Myth, Shahnameh, Avesta, Kings, Ahura men,

Abstract :

Ferdowsi tried to keep the names of the heroes and princes in front of them with the language of epic. Ferdowsi, out of national attachment, turned mythical themes into epics and entered the Shahnameh. Shahnameh Summary of culture, religion, customs and aspirations of a nation over the centuries and millennia and the profound impact of religious beliefs, historical events and cultural customs in all its historical and social periods is obvious. Loves and hatreds, victories and defeats, sorrows and joys, wars, and reconciliations have all been deposited in the collective memory of a nation and the basis of creation is based on the confrontation of Ahura and the devil, ugliness and beauty, darkness and light and strife. The good and the bad are in the realm of existence and epic. In Shahnameh and Avesta, we encounter two types of Ahuraian and demonic men. Of course, some of the men in these two works have different faces and are Ahuraian in one and demonic in the other, or it is difficult to determine whether they are Ahuraian or demonic. In this study, which is organized by descriptive-analytical method and library method, the author has made a comparative comparison of Ahuraian men in Shahnameh and Avesta based on the royal family. In this study, it was found that the kings mentioned in Shahnameh and Avesta except Goshtasp They are the same and Ferdowsi's general view of him in the Shahnameh is different from that of the Avesta.