The Reflection of the Story of the Amber Cow in Persian Texts

The Amber Cow is a legendary creature with special characteristics, whose story has a wide reflection in Persian poetry and prose texts. So that we can recover a sign of it from the oldest sources available to this day. Of course, despite the age of this legend and the frequent references to it in various texts and also the wrong understanding of quiddity of this creature, it is surprising that no befitting research has been done about this creature. With the aim of investigating the origin, age and various narratives of its story, as well as determining the characteristics of this legendary creature based on various sources and documents, this research has dealt with how the story of this cow is reflected. The authors have collected the materials related to the subject by examining various sources, including the books of strange creatures and narrative, mythology, legends, history, and etc. texts and they have categorized and analyzed by descriptive-analytical method and using library study and notes taking. Among the findings of this research is the presentation of the historical process of the story and its related changes in the texts of different periods, as well as determining the identity of this cow and distinguishing it from similar animals and real sea cows.