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Man's Prestige in Shahnameh

Nasrin Mozafari
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

Faranak Siyanat
Bushehr University of Farhangiyan, Bushehr, Iran

Ali Akbar Khansir
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran (Corresponding Author)

Abstract

The purpose of this brief paper is to examine Man's prestige in Shahnameh. Firdausi's Shahnameh is the most voluminous ancient Iranian epic. In Shahnameh, among God's whole creatures, human being is the only creature who has the divine spirit, willpower and wisdom. Human is the only one whose rank is superior and higher than the nature and the sphere. Human being is the only one who is mentioned as "the first nature" and "the next number". In the realm of mythological and heroic epic of the Persian language, the ideal man who is the symbol of the greatness and goodness are manifested in the champions whose missions are to reach the great aspirations of the Iranian people and to fight against inhumanities, devilish behaviors and evil deeds. The ordinary man in the saga or epic will become the one, who is "hero", but the hero is not alone, other heroes whom at the beginning are more or less equal to his power surround and compete against him. To "become unique", the main hero must pass and cross through many long twisting cliffs, to do self-help and become independent. Then he must try to make this "self-made person" acceptable.

Keywords: man, Firdausi, Shahnameh, epic

Introduction

In the history of human being, always the role of literature has been a key to guide man in order to get his aim in his life. Among the human literature, Iranian literature has good place. Iranian great poets and authors could show the beautiful and goodness of human being and his world. Iranian literature, as one of the richest literature, has played a vital role over the world. We can see the place of Iranian literature in human being literature.

According to this definition, Khansir and Mozafari (2014) mentioned that Persian language was one of the oldest languages over the world. Iranian language is recognized as directly a branch of Indo-European language famiy and Aryans group were an old group arrived in Persia area from western Asia.

The Iranian literature is divided into two eras: (1) The Pre-Islamic era and (2) The Post-Islamic era. According to Mozafari, et al. (2015) , Firdausi's Shahnameh linked the pre-Islamic Iran to the Islamic era.

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Nasrin Mozafari
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

Faranak Siyanat
Bushehr University of Farhangiyan, Bushehr, Iran

Ali Akbar Khansir
Corresponding Author
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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