Behavioural Analysis of Garshasp's Myth from Epic to History

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Mahdokht Pour khaleghi Chatroudi
• Mohammad Reza Rashed Mohassel
• Naghib Naghib Naghavi
• Hamid Tabasi

10.22067/jls.v43i4.10185

Abstract

Garshasp has peregrinated an agelong path from Avesta epoch to the time of preparation of old historical context and Iran’s national epic. Garshasp, who is the unique hero of Iran’s old mythology, that his brave acts, such as killing the Dragon and ogre lobbing are important parts of the heroic themes included in the Avesta, through the advent of Pahlavi literary context because of reasons such as fairies deception and outrage against fire, has lost a part of his honour and Avesta's shining. In frequently historical context and national epic in the Islamic epoch of Iran, except for Garshasbnameh – it has disappeared due to the neglect of Garshasp's myth by the formulators of deity books, priest’s shrug which affected Esfandiar's closeness to Sam's family, Garshasp’s athletics in Zahhak's crown, etc. In this paper we try to explain and determine the quality of the event.

Key words: Garshasp, behavioural analysis, myth, epic, Avesta, historical context.

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