Psychological analysis of the behavior of war commanders in the mythological and heroic period of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

Psychological analysis of the behavior of war commanders in the mythological and heroic period of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

In this article, the psychological analysis of war commanders' behavior in the mythological and heroic period of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey is discussed.

The research method is library-based and based on document research and its type is analytical-descriptive. Examining the confrontation among commanders shows that the element of confrontation in these stories is very prominent and bold, and in fact, the plot of each of these historical stories is based on confrontation.

The type of confrontations in these stories, due to their historical nature, is mainly the type of confrontation between human characters and especially war commanders, and the motivations of the confrontation between the characters are often things such as power struggle, desire to conquer the country, trying to Establishing justice and fighting against oppression, seeking revenge, fighting against Enirani and other races, etc. From the point of view of Adler's personality theory, the war commanders in these two works sometimes have an inferiority complex and in order to cover their weaknesses, they have turned to showing power and opening up the country.

In general, although the selected stories are historical stories, the components of Lévi-Strauss's approach and theory can be seen in them, and the motivation of these characters is not only the motivations mentioned in historical books, but ideals and goals. Also, their personality type and psychological characteristics have a direct impact on these confrontations, which have been examined by Alfred Adler.