From Iranian Myth to Folk Narrative: The Legend of the Dragon-Slayer and the Spinning Maiden in the Persian Book of the Kings.(Critical Essay)

From: Asian Folklore Studies | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: Markus-Takeshita, Kinga Ilona | Copyright information

This study of an episode in the latter part of Ferdawsi's version of the Iranian national epic demonstrates how a composite folktale is incorporated into the quasi-historical narrative. Ardasir, founder of the Sasanid dynasty and the second Persian empire (224-651 CE), is challenged in his conquests by Haftvad, the ruler of Kerman, whose fortune has been assured by a worm that his daughter found in an apple while spinning yarn, and nurtured until it grew into a talismanic dragon. Ardasir wi...

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