Native and local stories and legends are among the most mysterious anthropological phenomena that are full of mythological sources and ancient archetypes. These stories and legends, which originate from the culture, customs, traditions, and environment of each ethnic gr
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Native and local stories and legends are among the most mysterious anthropological phenomena that are full of mythological sources and ancient archetypes. These stories and legends, which originate from the culture, customs, traditions, and environment of each ethnic group, contain one of the most central and important mythological elements; It means transformation or transmutation; It is a theme that appears in the stories and legends of different nations and peoples, in various forms and forms, and it is also considered one of the main mythological sources of the stories and legends of the land of Sistan, which is reflected and manifested in many stories and legends of this land. Based on this, in this essay, an attempt has been made to investigate the types of personification in legends and stories of the Sistan cultural area by using the method of mythological criticism, and to analyze the extent and manner of their representation in these stories and legends. The results of this research show that in Sistani legends and stories, two main types of personification are seen, which include human personification and supernatural beings such as demons or goats, and among these two types of personification, the most frequent is related to human personification, which has been able to allocate the highest representation in Sistani legends and stories.
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