this article reflects the mythical story of “kaveh and zahak” from ferdowsi’s shahnameh in the “rajol-e siāsi” short story, written by sayyed mohammad jamalzadeh in his “yeki bood-yeki nabood” (“once upon a time”) collection, and discusses the similarities of the two. the foundation of the “kaveh and zahak” tale is the eternal battle between “good and evil” and, as the greatest and the most pal...

This article is an anthropological examination and analysis of a Dersim-based mythical story, focusing on its meaning and function in belief and the practice of daily life. Within this scope, the Dızgun Bawa myth, revolving around a central sacred figure, is broached and analyzed here as a text comprising a basis for the construction of collective discourses giving way to socially functional me...

the myth of the descent of adam, with all its complexities, has being preoccupied the mind of human kind from the very beginning stages of creation. the holy books of torah, bible and quran have each paid to different angles of this legend. studying the modern poetry, it can be found that the contemporary poets have been under the influence of quran and have used the teachings of old and new te...

The story that the rulers of domination societies told each other and their subordinates is what we today might call the Myth of Redemptive Violence. It enshrines the belief that violence saves, that war brings peace, that might makes right. It is one of the oldest continuously repeated stories in the world. Here Walter Wink describes just how pervasive this myth still is in the mores of Wester...