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Persian myths is filled with famous heroes, to name a few: the greatest Persian hero is Rostam, who is the grandson of the hero Sām, and son of the equally Zal and Rudaba. Rostam was always represented as the mightiest of Iranian paladins (holy warriors). He rides the legendary stallion Rakhsh and wears a special suit named Babr-e Bayan in ...
Persian mythology in popular culture (2 C, 8 P) S. Shahnameh (7 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Persian mythology" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 ...
Legendary creatures from Persian mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. Anahita (7 P) D. Daevas (16 P) Y ...
(Greek mythology) Thyrsus, a staff tipped with a pine cone and entwined with ivy leaves, carried by Dionysus and his followers. (Greek mythology) Caduceus (also Kerykeion), the staff carried by Hermes or Mercury. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings, and symbolic of commerce. (Greek mythology)
In later tradition and folklore, the dēws (Zoroastrian Middle Persian; New Persian divs) are personifications of every imaginable evil. Over time, the Daeva myth as Div became integrated to Islam. Daeva, the Iranian language term, shares the same origin of "Deva" of Hinduism, which is a cognate with Latin deus ("god") and Greek Zeus.
Manticore (mardxâr: from Middle Persian martyaxwar), a man-eater with the head of a human and the body of a lion, similar to the Egyptian sphinx. Amen Bird (morğ-e āmin): a mythical bird in Persian literature that flies continuously and fulfills people's wishes. [33] [34]
Most of their depictions derive from Persian mythology, integrated to Islam and spread to surrounding cultures including Armenia, Turkic countries [2] and Albania. [3] Despite their Persian origins, they have been adapted according to the beliefs of Islamic concepts of otherworldly entities.
List of creation myths; List of legendary creatures by type; List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures; National myth; Mythopoeia