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Analysis of Three Verses in Story of Rustam & Esfandyar. LIRE 2008; 5 (18) :9-32
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S. Aydenlou.PH.D.
Abstract
Despite all the different interpretations and analysis written on the story of Rustam and Esfandyar, it still demands re-reading and explanation of some of the ambiguous parts and points. This paper intends to reveal the following points through an analysis of three verses as a sample:
- According to some evidences and documents, Gashtasb imprisoned Esfandyar’s son in women’s prison in order to humiliate Esfandyar. And therefore it is most likely that “bad doers” in a line of this verse refers to this story narration.
- In a verse the name “Kariman” is mentioned; in Iran’s past literary tradition and also in reading the Shah-nameh ( by Ferdowsi), it was a proper name; and also the name of Nariman’s father. It is the plural of “Karim” bearing its denotative meaning.
- Alluding to the murder of Shah Haamavaran by Rustam in more than one part of this story; which totally contradicts the destiny of this figure in the narration of Haamavaran’s War, appears to be the antithesis of what is said about it in Shah-Nameh. The reason for this issue is related to two reports on this story in the history of the Iranian epics; while traces of both can be still observed in Shah-Nameh.
Keywords: Key words: Shah-Nameh, Story of Rustam and Esfandyar, Esfandyar, women’s prison, Kariman, ShahHaamavaran.
Article Type: مقالات علمی پژوهشی |
Subject:
Myth
Received: 2019/10/16 | Accepted: 2019/10/16 | Published: 2019/10/16
Received: 2019/10/16 | Accepted: 2019/10/16 | Published: 2019/10/16
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