Persian Mythology and its Origins Persian mythology is the reflection of multiple eras pervading a 12,000-year chronology. As far as archaeological evidences indicate, the inception of Persian mythology goes back to 1000 to 1500 B. C., and the flow of motifs, myths and heroes is affected through various settlements of the migrating people from Central Asia and southern Russia ( “Myths Encyclopedia”, par.2). Roving through the steppes located at north of Caspian Sea and black Sea, Indo-Europeans, who rooted back to Bronze-age era, constituted the majority of migrating people to Iran, Turkey and Northern India (McCoy, par.2). At the time, the Indo-European peoples who settled in geographical regions of current Iran became the Persians, and through
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The senior member of Robinson College and the author of Persian Mythology, John Hinnells describes that “myth is part of history, for myth embodies the views of man about himself, his world and its development” (110). In continue, he believes that his definition of myth is abundantly compatible with what he perceived off Persian mythology. To Hinnells’ idea, the perspective of Persian myths dealing with emergence and reemergence of the cosmos is relying on the interpretation of the world’s state of being (110). Given that, Persians described the world as a round plate, and they perceived the original earth as an intact object, on which there were neither mountains nor valleys; the creation of mountains and valleys on the earth was the result of the devil’s hierarchical pervasion to the world; after breaking the sky, order, and the peace, devil fell into the water and penetrated the core of cosmos and shook it, which resulted in creation of the mountains and valleys on earth (Ebrahimi, …show more content…
It conveyed a vision of relentless cosmic conflict based on a dualistic reality into the Persian mythology (“Myths Encyclopedia”, par.1). As an intrinsic property of life, the concept of the dualistic reality is referring to the coexistence of good and villain that leads to a continuous cosmic war over their share in human life. Zoroastrianism introduced Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, as the creator, and the god of goodness, light and truth. Due to the underlying concept of dualism in Zoroastrianism, there is an equal opposite power emerging from the darkness, evil and lies that can create vermin, and bring diseases and destructions to the world (Ebrahimi,
The senior member of Robinson College and the author of Persian Mythology, John Hinnells describes that “myth is part of history, for myth embodies the views of man about himself, his world and its development” (110). In continue, he believes that his definition of myth is abundantly compatible with what he perceived off Persian mythology. To Hinnells’ idea, the perspective of Persian myths dealing with emergence and reemergence of the cosmos is relying on the interpretation of the world’s state of being (110). Given that, Persians described the world as a round plate, and they perceived the original earth as an intact object, on which there were neither mountains nor valleys; the creation of mountains and valleys on the earth was the result of the devil’s hierarchical pervasion to the world; after breaking the sky, order, and the peace, devil fell into the water and penetrated the core of cosmos and shook it, which resulted in creation of the mountains and valleys on earth (Ebrahimi, …show more content…
It conveyed a vision of relentless cosmic conflict based on a dualistic reality into the Persian mythology (“Myths Encyclopedia”, par.1). As an intrinsic property of life, the concept of the dualistic reality is referring to the coexistence of good and villain that leads to a continuous cosmic war over their share in human life. Zoroastrianism introduced Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, as the creator, and the god of goodness, light and truth. Due to the underlying concept of dualism in Zoroastrianism, there is an equal opposite power emerging from the darkness, evil and lies that can create vermin, and bring diseases and destructions to the world (Ebrahimi,