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The Status of Women in Shahnameh

Nasrin Mozafari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences,
Department of General Courses, Bushehr, Iran

Faranak Siyanat
Lecturer of Bushehr of Farhangiyan
Department of Teaching English, Bushehr, Iran

Abstract

Firdausi's Shahnameh is the oldest mythological Iranian epic book. Like many other literary books, the women' status has been referred to in this book also. By pointing out a few verses of Shahnameh, Some critics accused Firdausi of having misogynistic attitudes toward women. By precise referring to the stories and verses of Shahnameh, the present research aims to challenge this negative claim.

Firdausi's Shahnameh has sixty thousand verses and there are negative attitudes to women in only few of them which are often mentioned by warriors and associated with military affairs. There are many other stories in Shahnameh in which the women's greatness and goodness are admired.

Keywords: Shahnameh, Firdausi, woman, mysogynist, status of women

Firdausi's Shahnameh

There are numerous theories about the creation of man - "in Egyptian mythology, the man was created from the clay, straw or mud of the Nile river which had dried out in the sun's rays. In Iranian, Chinese, Jewish, Assyrian and Mesopotamian mythologies, it is mentioned that man was created from clay and soil. On the other hand, in countless mythological narratives the creation of man is attributed to a couple of male and female personages. In Indian mythology, the human species will continue to survive due to a twin brother and sister named Yemeh and Yemi." [1]

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Nasrin Mozafari
Assistant Professor of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Department of General Courses
Mozafare@yahoo.com
Corresponding Author: Nasrin Mozafare, Bushehr university of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
E- Mail: Mozafare@yahoo.com
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