Creation of the first human- the primary ideal human- is one of the most important steps in the creation of archetype in various cultures. The fundamental example of the first human is based on an old pattern, which emerges as a giant or godlike human, or as the first c
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Creation of the first human- the primary ideal human- is one of the most important steps in the creation of archetype in various cultures. The fundamental example of the first human is based on an old pattern, which emerges as a giant or godlike human, or as the first couple. The goal of this paper is describing examples and mythological qualities of the first human archetype in mythic cultures, and in the myths of ancient Iran, especially in the Pishdādis section of Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh. The research method of this paper is qualitative with analytic mythological approach, based on which we have considered three features as the basic characteristics of the archetype of first human: first his divine origin, then a twin couple, and finally a cultural function- symbolic hero producing civilization in the history of a nation. In Shāhnāmeh, these tree kinds of functions are distributed among some kings of Pishdādis each of them can be considered as an example of first human. In this paper, we study examples of these functions about Kayumarth, Hooshang, Tahmooreth, Jamshid, Fereydoun and Manoochehr.
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