some believe that ancient mythological and literary texts solely aimed to amuse and entertain, and were sprouted from their feelings and thoughts, and do not regard the study of the ancient and mythological stories as having the definiteness and clarity which science is known for it. hence, this is why mythological stories in reality convey the beliefs, nature, attitudes and the extent of human...

The concept or symbol of the leopard in this research relies on its positive aspect, sometimes it is one goddesses and respected a courage, strength victory.

firdausi shahnameh has been illustrated more than any other literary work in the history of persian paintings. so far, many studies have been carried out on these historical paintings of shahnameh. most of these studies have been formalistic and have been considered to be merely representational works of written text. those studies have been focused on form, performing techniques and style clas...

it seems that characteristics of utopias have been inscribed in the most ancient iranian myths on the one hand, and drawn in shanameh book by toos sage (ferdowsi) on the other hand. apparently, theme and pattern of utopia were included in var jam kard (a garden built by king jamshid) at first place that is the most ancient one of such towns and according to vandidad (chapter of avesta), it was ...

Nationalist sentiments characterize the Scotish James Macpherson’s Ossianic tales and the Persian Abul-Ghasim Ferdausi’s Shahnameh. Macpherson is remembered for his role in the nationalist Gaelic revival against the cultural dominance of Great Britain and Ferdausi is credited for enlivening Persian language and culture at the time of Arab dominance. However, Macpherson’s dual position, both as ...

ferdowsi's shahname (one of the most valuable literary works in iran and in the world) can be studied from different viewpoints. this important literary work can be analyzed from various dimensions including literature, sociology, mythology and elements of the story. one quite new aspect which can lay the ground for research in shahnameh and can be very useful and give great results to us ...

ferdowsi was an outstanding orator, a messenger of freedom, not one with a sense and spirit to please the rulers of the time, nor a poet laureate composing his poems upon orders of rulers', neither affiliated to any court. this national poet was the creator of the central and basic locus of stories, as well as the founder of national palace of poetic language and philosophic rhetoric. what...

in a profoundly impressive verse in shahnameh, sky is likened to red ruby. the present paper is attempted to probe into the background of the conventional belief regarding the relationship between sky and stone, for the semantic structure of the verse is composed in such a way that it is not possible to consider this relationship as being a conceptualistic viewpoint so that one may establish so...

Abstract In 1932, Basil Bunting was lodging with the Pounds in Genoa when he first encountered a French manuscript translation of Abul-Qasem Firdausi’s classical Persian epic Shahnameh (1010). Upon realizing that incomplete, decided there ‘nothing to do but learn and read Firdausi, so I undertook that’. By 1942 his knowledge good enough for Ministry Information send him Iran Royal Airforce, at ...