Metamorphosis in Nart-Nameh and One Thousand and One Nights

Transformation of the characters in the story is a feature that can be observed in literary texts and generally studied under the heading of “metamorphosis”. Metamorphosis increases the mythical and imaginary aspects of the text and it is a reflection of human being dreams and an image of the bound between imagination and the real world. It could be defined as a creation of the people’s need for dominance over other people, creatures, and phenomena. Analyzing this subject can be useful to figure out the common culture among nations and can be a proper background for studying literal and cultural bounds for it is seen in the literature of several nations. This article studies different types of metamorphosis in Nart-Nameh</em> and One Thousand and One Nights </em>based on a comparative-analytic approach. Nart-Nameh</em> is a collection of myths about bravery of the Nart nation and the heroes of the North Caucasus and the shores of the black sea. These myths go back to two thousand years B.C. that were verbally transferred from one generation to the other. These myths are about the life’s important aspects such as loving motherland, fighting against evil, helping the week, etc. One Thousand and One Nights</em> is one of the brightest eastern myths which is a mixture of Indian, Arabic, and Persian literatures. This article analyses the differences and commonalities in these books considering metamorphosis.</span>