The Myth of Mehr in Shāhnāmeh
Subject Areas : Mytho
1 - دانشجوی دکتری زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه پیام نور
Keywords: imagery, Mithraism, Ferdowsī, Anthropocentrism, Decorum,
Abstract :
Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī (935–1020) in his masterpiece, Shāhnāmeh (Book of Kings), presents metaphoric images of Sun based on the myth of Mehr and Mithraism. He uses decorum and imagery and portrays an anthropocentric image of the Sun. In the present article, attempt is made to show the creativity of Ferdowsī in using the image of Mehr based on Iranian mythological elements.
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