Analysis of Archetypes Function in a Section of Bahrame Chubin Story

The story of our national and ethnic history, Shahnameh, is a valuable book, including myth, epic and history. Some theorists have tried to divide this book into three sections: mythological, historical and epical. But separating these sections from each other is impossible because these parts are basically tied. For example, what they call the historical part of Shahnameh includes some mythological elements, symbolic parts and Persian archetypes. It also includes some epical elements. The process of individuation in one of these historical–legendary stories, Bahrame Choobineh, is very clear. In this narrative, Bahram comes into a symbolic castle with the guide of a Gore and meets the beautiful fairy that could be a symbol of the anima of his unconscious. After this meeting, his character changes and he decides to catch Persian kingdom. He riots against the King Hormozd and rules Iran for a while. But his kingdom lasts very short and Bahram is sentenced to death because, on the one hand, he rioted against king who is a holy motif in Iranian ancient beliefs and, on the other, he forgot the rule of knights that the hero has simply heroic charisma but the kingdom belongs to someone who has king charisma.