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Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...
Most of their depictions derive from Persian mythology, integrated to Islam and spread to surrounding cultures including Armenia, Turkic countries [2] and Albania. [3] Despite their Persian origins, they have been adapted according to the beliefs of Islamic concepts of otherworldly entities.
Persian mythology in popular culture (2 C, 8 P) S. Shahnameh (7 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Persian mythology" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 ...
Zahhāk or Zahāk [1] (pronounced [2]) (Persian: ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder (Persian: ضحاک ماردوش, romanized: Zahhāk-e Mārdoush), is an evil figure in Persian mythology, evident in ancient Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka (Persian: اژی دهاک), the name by which he also appears in the texts of the ...
In Persian mythology, Rudabeh's labor of Rostam was prolonged due to the extraordinary size of her baby. Zal was certain that his wife would die in labor. Rudabeh was near death when at last Zal recollected the feather of the Simurgh, and followed the instructions which he had received, by placing it on the sacred fire.
In early Persian beliefs, the parīs were probably a class of evil spirits and only later received a positive reception. In the Islamic period , the parī already developed into morally complex beings with a generally positive connotation of immense beauty, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and late in the tenth century, were integrated into the Arab houri -tale ...
Shahbaz (Persian: شَهباز) is the name of a fabled bird in Persian mythology. [1] It is described as having a body similar to an eagle , being bigger than a hawk or falcon , and having inhabited an area within the Zagros , the Alborz , and the Caucasus within Greater Iran .
Azhdaha, Azhdahak, Ezhdeha (Persian: اژدها) or Azhdar (اژدر) is a mythical creature in Iranian mythology, roughly equivalent to the dragon. They are gigantic snake-like creatures living in the air, in the sea, or on the earth.