Archetypes in Gilgamesh and Shahname

This article is concerning the study of archetypes in "Gilgamesh" myth and "the story of rostam". We try to show the common archetypes in both stories and analyze them.The repetition of common archetypes represents an unconcious collective memories in the minds of two different nations.Viewpoints of Carl Gustave Yung as a famous psychologist, that have been used to survey literary works by many critics, also have been used at this study to show the common memories of nations that has been represented in both archtypes.Hence,a careful look at the archetypes represents a common uncocious collective memories in the minds of two nations.