Names play an essential role in the Proustian creation. It is enough to remind here the metamorphosis and the return of the characters made by the author. We see with the novelist that the book is written little by little and then is renewed with names. We can remind to the passage the...
The Mehregan Iranian Festival, also known as the Festival of Autumn, is one of the most ancient and cherished festivals celebrated in Iran, marking a significant cultural and historical event that dates back to the pre-Islamic era of Persian civilization. It is a celebration that honors Mehr (...
He saw water as a lower more primal form of development transcended by fire – that holy principle of the Persians. The Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian mythology placed the waters at the root of creation, and fire with the heavens and the divine – long before the Greeks became interested ...
The Shahnameh (Book of Kings) is the national epic of Iran composed by the poet Ferdowsi between 980 and 1010 AD. It tells the story of ancient Persia, beginning in the mythic time of Creation and continuing forward to the Arab-Islamic invasion in the se
Nowruz is connected with the legend ofKing Jamshed.As indicated by thePersian mythology, Jamshed was carried through the air in a chariot, an accomplishment that so astounded his subjects that they built up a celebration on that day.