From Avesta Simorgh (Roc) to Gold Simorgh (Roc)
Subject Areas : Research in Iranian classical literature
Farideh
Davoudymoghadam
1
Zahra
عسگري
2
Keywords: Myth Iranian Art Simorgh (Roc) Contemporary Period ,
Abstract :
According to the role of Simorgh (Roc) archetype among authors and artists, we see effective presence of Simorgh in classical Persian texts having different functions like mythical, epic, philosophical, mystical and so on roles. Among these functions, it has shapes of birds, human, gods, and angels and so on in early periods; and it has different forms, features, and functions due to presence of myth; while in contemporary world, Simorgh is no longer a strange and mysterious being, and it is a multi-patterned bird in literature and other forms of art. This shows that Simorgh has got to objectivity from abstraction in the historical transition to contemporary art and literature; and it has declined from its original fine status in contemporary poetry instead of improving or at least stopping in being applied in previous sublime uses.