A study on myth-epical concept of “Father and Son Facing” in Attar's Tazkart-al awliya

Alizade.,N. ,PH.D.

Aydenloo.,S.

Abstract



The commonalities and continuation of some mythological archetypes and concepts in an individual, racial and human being collective unconsciousness is the principal criterion for the use of mythological criticism in recalling and analyzing various manifestations of myth and rituals in literary genres. According to mythological criticism, some important points are revealed in Attar’s Tazkart-al awliya. For instance if we take structuralism approach to the story of Ebrahim Adham and his son and compare the elements of this story with famous narratives on “father-son” battle, we can conclude that this story is designed based on the narrative of “Rostam and Sohrab”.