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Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...
Keyumars or Kiomars (Persian: کیومرث) was the name of the first king of the Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to the Shahnameh. The name appears in Avestan in the form of 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬥 Gaiio Mərətan , or in medieval Zoroastrian texts as Gayōmard or Gayōmart .
Farbod (Persian: فربد) is a Persian name which means "the protector of glory". The name dates back to before the Muslim conquest of Persia when the Persian Empire embraced its ancient religion, Zoroastrianism.
*wr̥trás means 'defence' (the original meaning may have been 'cover'). Skt Vṛtrá is the name of a demon slain by Indra, often depicted as a cobra. YAv. Vǝrǝθraɣna, meaning 'breaking of defence, victory', is the name of a god. Cf. also Middle Persian Wahrām ('war god, god of victory').
The Pishdadian dynasty (Persian: دودمان پیشدادیان Dūdmân-ē Pīšdâdīyân) is a mythical line of primordial kings featured in Zoroastrian belief and Persian mythology. They are presented in legend as originally rulers of the world but whose realm was eventually limited to Ērānshahr or Greater Iran.
Others interpret the name as meaning 'set at the beginning' in the sense of 'first man'. Some have noted the similarity between the name Paradhāta and Paralatos, the name of the progenitor of the Paralatae or "Royal Scythians" who was a grandson of Targitaus, the first man according to Scythian mythology.
Zal means albino in Persian language. [11] According to the Georgian Chronicles, the one who blinded K'ekapos (Kay Kavus) was the chief of the Laks. [12] In the Kush Nama written by the poet Iranshah, the White Div is given the name of Eridu (اریدو or ارندو) and is said to have been a descendant of Ham, son of Noah. He is described as ...
Rostam or Rustam (Persian: رستم) is a legendary hero in Persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. However, the roots of the narrative date much earlier.