Why do we read shahnameh in winter nights? (A mythological study)

Reading Shahnameh and narration in winter nights, has always been a popular tradition among people of Iran. It had never been the same opportunity of being read for the other Iranian masterpieces as like as Shahnameh in these nights. The question that “why Shahnameh has more chance to be read compare with the other masterpieces in the winter nights” got answered that the most reasonable answers are: Because the start of season of cold coincides with beginning of unemployment season for farmers and pastoralists. In the other hand simplicity of the language of Shahnameh and its fantastic stories are the good feeds for folk and their simple-minded and dreamer minds. Therefor reading Shahnameh has always been noticed by community in the winter nights. In addition of the above reasons which mostly are categorized in biological and psychological reasons, another reason is countable and it is mythological reason. It means that because of mythical context of Shahnameh and in the point of view of people who conceptualize myths as holy and Incorporeality narrations, so in the winter nights that are visibility of holy times, reading Shahnameh has always been noticed by the wide range of people. The purpose of the paper is discovering and analysis of the mythological reason.