Persian Mythology

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: One Thousand and One Nights, Persian, Haoma, Airyanem Vaejah, Anahita, Shahnameh, Atar, Zahhak, Vis and R min, Simurgh, Jamshid, Khosrow and Shirin, Huma bird, Siy vash, Hamzanama, Zabulistan, Magic carpet, Haftv d, Rostam, Zal, Darab Nama, Keyumars, Scheherazade, Faramarz Nama, Garshasp, Hara Berezaiti, Rostam's Seven Labours, Sistan, Tahmina, Yadegar-e Zariran, Hushang, Fereydun, Afrasiab, Rudaba, Zu, Borzu Nama, Div-e-Sepid, Peri, Kay K vus, Kaveh, Tahmuras, Bijan and Manijeh, Cup of Jamshid, Kai Kobad, Chamrosh, Manuchehr, Amir Arsalan, Siamak, Nowzar, Banu Goshasp, Royal stars, Baaltars, Khosrau, Cypress of Kashmar, Duzakh, Rakhsh, Roham, Sohrab, Burz, Shahmaran, Fulad-zereh, Bahman Nama, Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar, Salm, Marzubannama, Bizhan Nama, Paristan, Gaokerena, Cafcuh, Keshvad, Isbanir, Zafar-Nameh, Farbod, Shadhavar, Zaav, Zarik. Excerpt: One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: Kit b 'alf layla wa-layla) is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English language edition (1706), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. The work as we have it was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. The tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Turkish, Egyptian and Mesopotamian folklore and literature. In particular, many tales were originally folk stories from the Caliphate era, while others, especially the frame story, are most probably drawn from the Pahlavi Persian work Haz r Afs n (Persian: , lit. A Thousand Tales) which in turn relied partly on Indian elements. What is common throughout all the editions of the Ni...