جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « بن مایه اسطوره ای » در نشریات گروه « ادبیات و زبان ها »

Figure-transfiguration is one of the commonly used themes of folktales, which refers to changing the appearance and the basis of existence and legal identity of a person or something by using a supernatural force. Various forms of representation and its semantic implications are rooted in the mythological thinking of mankind. Therefore, in the present article, based on the descriptive-analytical method and mythological sources, the figure-transformation of four volumes from the ten-volume collection of Khorasan legends have been extracted and categorized. Then, the connection of each type of figure-transformations with mythological elements was analyzed. The result of this study showed that in the 79 investigated stories, there were 165 cases of personification, in which the mythological functions of animals such as snakes, lions, pigeons, roosters, deer, etc. were symbolically manifested in the personification of talking animals. Also, the transformation of objects into humans in Khorasan folktales can be a reflection of animism. The mythical essence of immortality and plant descent of man is reflected in the transformation of man into plants such as watermelon, reed, pomegranate, orange, etc. The metamorphosis of demons and fairies into humans and other creatures indicates the influence of Iranian mythological beliefs regarding their demonic nature.

The eternal mythological motifs with flexibility and deep extensive meanings, ever exist in the various narratives according to their contents and also to the intellectual and social characteristics of the different periods. They also maintain that beliefs which are the bases of the narratives forming. Volcano is one of these motifs which transfigures as a dragon or a daemon. Struggle of the main character with this daemon is interpreted as his bravery, his competency to achieve the goal and also as a benediction upon the others. This ancient motif which is related to the Aryan mythology, not only exist in the epic narratives, but also it is possible to see its displaced samples in some of the romantic poems. In this essay, the mythological motif of the volcano has been studied in these four romantic poems: Homay-o-Homayoun, Gol-o-Norooz, jamshid-o-khorshid, Mehr-o-Mah. Also, this motif in the romantic poems is compared with its role in the epic narratives. So, the dynamic current of the myths in the non-epic texts will be proved.