چکیده:
Many ancient beliefs and rituals of various nations are manifested in their old tales and legends. The aim of the present research is to examine the mythological themes of the tale of good and evil in Nezami Ganjavi's Haft Paykar and its connection to Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. In this regard, using descriptive and library methods and content analysis, the connection between the tale of good and evil in Haft Paykar and the story of Kaveh and Zahhak in the Shahnameh, and the link between these two and one of the fundamental Aryan beliefs—namely the belief in the principle of good and evil, which arises from the struggle between Ahriman and Ahura Mazda in the creation myth—has been investigated. This research shows that the tale of good and evil has been influenced by the story of Kaveh and Zahhak; in such a way that in some cases, this tale can even be considered a complement to the story of the Shahnameh.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The Mythological Origins of the Tale of Good and Evil in Nizami's Haft Peykar Dr. Seyed Ahmad Parsa Professor of Persian Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan Abstract Many ancient beliefs and rituals of different nations are manifested in their ancient tales and legends.
The purpose of the present research is to examine the mythological origins of the tale of good and evil in Nizami Ganjavi's Haft Peykar and its connection with Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.
In this regard, using descriptive, library-based, and content analysis methods, the connection between the tale of good and evil in Haft Peykar and the story of Kaveh and Zahhak in the Shahnameh, and the link between these two and one of the fundamental Aryan beliefs—namely the belief in the principle of good and evil, which stems from the struggle between Ahriman and Hormizd in the creation myth—is investigated.
The importance of the number seven among various peoples and religions in the history of Iran and the world, legends, ancient buildings and artifacts, folklore, Persian language and literature, famous septets such as the seven planets, the seven heavens, the seven layers of the earth, and other issues, has occupied the bulk of this writing, and only the last ten pages pertain to Haft Peykar, which itself does not provide the reader with new information about this text except for a brief report; in other words, despite the useful content regarding the number seven and its importance throughout the world in this text, the reasons for this importance are in no way addressed, and it lacks any analysis in this regard.
This tale concerns two young men named Good and Evil, which, according to the version of Haft Peykar edited by Behrouz Sarvathian, occupies 359 verses.
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