The Performance of Myth in Modern life: The Archetypes of "Mountain-Cave" and "Circle"

Subject Areas : Mytho

بهروز  اَتونی ¹ (مربی زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی ـ واحد قم)

Received: 2015-05-25 Accepted : 2015-05-25 Published : 2010-03-21

Keywords: Archetype, Shāhnāmeh, The Myth of Mountain-Cave, The Myth of Circle, Milad Tower,

Abstract :

  By considering the two archetypes of "mountain-cave" and "circle" in Persian mythology and Ferdowsi's epic, Shāhnāmeh, the present article attempts to study the MiladTower, the tallest tower in Iran, in order to see the impressions of the above mentioned archetypes in it. Its stucture, head stucture and revolving restaurant are inspected with respect to these archetypes.