Iranian folklore

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Iranian folklore, including jokes, legends, games, folklore heroes and beliefs is sophisticated and complex.

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[edit] folklore Heroes

  • Pourya-ye Vali
  • Hasan Kachal "Hasan the Bald"
  • Khaleh Soskeh "Aunte cockroach"
  • Hossen e Kurd e shabestari "The Kurdish Hossen of Shabestar"
  • Karim shereyee "Karim the addict"
  • Baba shammal
  • Koroghlu (Iranian Azarbaijan)
  • Mathar Fulad-zereh "Mother of Fulad-zereh"[1]
  • Otour-khan Rashti
  • Churchill used for any mischievous person in oral folklore
  • Jaffar Jenni or Zaffar Jenni
  • Ya'qub-i Laith is a popular folk hero in Iranian history, and it was at his court that the revitalization of the Persian language began after two centuries of eclipse by Arabic.[2].

[edit] folklore books

"Dāstān" in Persian means “story". The genre to which they refer may go back to ancient Iran.It was a widely popular and folkloric form of story-telling: dastan-tellers tend to tell their tile in coffee houses.They told tales of heroic romance and adventure,stories about gallant princes and their encounters with evil kings, enemy champions, demons, magicians,Jinns, divine creatures, tricky Robin Hood-like persons (called ayyārs), and beautiful princesses who might be human or of the Peri (“fairy”) race.

  • Samak-e Ayyar:An ancient fictional book about an Iranian ayyār[3] (6th century AH) written by Faramaz Ibn Khodad(Faramarz son of Khodad)(Persian: فرامرز بن خداداد بن عبدالله الکاتب الارجانی )
  • Darabnameh:An ancient book of 12th Century A.D, written by Abu Tahir Tarasusi,that's a fictional book about the Alexander and Dara[4]
  • Firuzshahnama
  • Dastan-e Amir Hamza "The adeventure of Amir Hamze" [5][6]

[edit] folklore oral legends and tales

  • Boz boz ghandi"Suger goat"
  • Shangol o Mangol o Habeh-e-Angur
  • Maah pishoni "(the girl with)Moon(sign)in her brow"
  • Kadou ghelghelehzan "The trundle gourd"
  • Sarma Pirezan"Grand mother COLD"

[edit] folklore creatures

  • Karkadann
    The Nightmare in European folklore is similar to Iranian "Bakhtak"
    The Nightmare in European folklore is similar to Iranian "Bakhtak"
  • Davaal paa (Persian: دووال پا ) "lasso-leg creature"
  • Aal [7]
  • Bakhtak (Persian: بختک )"Nightmare" A ghost or an evil creature that cause Sleep paralysis[8]
  • Genie " elf, goblin"
  • Div "Daeva "
  • Peri
  • Zār (Persian: زآر) A ritual in some of the south coastal Iranian provinces that is a kind of spiritual "trance" dance. In some cases it can go for a long time,until the dancer drops down of exhaustion [9]
  • Takam "The king of goats", a male goat, in the folklore of Azarbaijan.

[edit] folklore games

folklore Physical games
  • Amo Zangirbaff "Uncle chain-weaver"
  • Attal Mattal Totuleh
  • Ghayyem Moshak
  • Gorgam be Hava
  • Alak dou Lak
  • Bikh divari
  • Ghapp bazi "knucklebone Playing"
  • Khar polis "Donkey-Cop"
  • Aftaab Mahtab "Sunshine Moonlight"
  • Ganiyeh
  • Laay laay
folklore Card games
  • Hokm:A game for four players [10].
  • Ganjafa [11][12]
  • Chahâr barg (4 cards) is another fishing game,also sometimes known as Pâsur,Haft Khâj(seven clubs)or Haft va chahâr, yâzdah(7+4=11).
  • Âs Nas: Perhaps Âs Nas is the game from which modern Poker may have sprung [13] [14]
folklore Verbal games
  • Moshereh (Poetry Game):Every side has to answer the other side with a poem beginig with the last word of the previous poem.
  • Ye Morgh Darm ("I have a hen" game)
other folklore games

[edit] folklore traditional ceremonies

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Folkloric Iranian aspects of mourning in Day of Ashura
folklore Nowruz traditional characters
  • Hajji Firuz traditional herald of Nowruz.
  • Kouseh Bar Neshin(کوسه بر نشین)(A Nowruz folklore Tradition)
  • Mir Nowrouzi "Temporary king of Nowruz times"(A Nowruz folklore Tradition)
folklore religious ceremonies

[edit] folklore characters in jokes

A depiction of Molla Nasr al din
A depiction of Molla Nasr al din

[edit] folklore beliefs

Cheshm Nazar
Cheshm Nazar

[citation needed]

[edit] folklore music and dance

Main article: Persian dance
See also: Kurdish dance

[edit] Pimps, prostitutes and mobs with folkloric significance

[edit] See also

Shahnameh
Persian mythology
Card games in Iran
Pasurbazi (In Persian)
Ganjafeh (In Persian)
Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari a historical Ayyar and Iranian king.

[edit] Further reading

  • Mohammad-Ali Naqib-al-Mamalek, Amir Arsalan-e Rumi, ed. M. J. Mahjub, Tehran, 1340 sh./1961
  • German translation: R. Gelpke as Amir Arsalan: Liebe und Abenteuer des Amir Arsalan, Zurich, 1965
  • Dastan of Amir Hamzah
  • Daniel, Elton L. (2006). Culture and Customs of Iran. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313320535. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia Iranica (article by M. Omidsalar)
  2. ^ "Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  3. ^ Download the book in Persian
  4. ^ tarsusi
  5. ^ Dastan-e Amir Hamzah or Amir Hamza, extended version
  6. ^ The Adventures Of Amir Hamza
  7. ^ The placenta was cut and immediately it was poked with a pin or a needle to frighten bad spirits such as ‘Al’. These spirits were closely associated with death of the baby or the mother or anything else that could go wrong at this time. Zoroastrians believed in a number of such dark spirits attacking the mother and the newborn and ‘Al’ resembles the ancient spirits[1].
  8. ^ see also Persian Wikipedia page about Bakhtak
  9. ^ See also Persian Wikipedia page about Zaar ritual in Iran
  10. ^ How to play Hokm
  11. ^ Encyclopedia Iranica Ganjafa
  12. ^ Ganjafa(In Persian)
  13. ^ About Âs Nas
  14. ^ Jacoby,Morehead, Oswald,Albert "[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-253968/poker poker Origin and spread]". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. :

    Poker is virtually indistinguishable from an older Persian game called as nas, a four-hand game played with a 20-card pack, five cards dealt to each player. This coincidence led some students of games to call poker a derivative of as nas, but this theory has been discredited.

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  15. ^ Chelkowsky, Peter "THE PASSION (TA'ZIA) OF HOSAYN". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 
  16. ^ Calmard, J. "'AZAÚDAÚRÈ". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 
  17. ^ MARZOLPH, ULRICH "FOLKLORE STUDIES". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. :

    "As a result, some topics, especially those of religious relevance (such as the Ta'zieh; see Homayun, 1989; Idem, 1976; Idem, 1998; cf. Waklian, 1991) are prioritized"

  18. ^ Serving different kinds of pastry and nuts known as Ajîleh Moshkel Goshâ (lit. The problem-solving nuts) is the Chahârshanbe Sûrî way of giving thanks for the previous year's health and happiness, while exchanging any remaining paleness and evil for the warmth and vibrancy of the fire. [2]
  19. ^ دنیای مجازی یا فاجعه مجازی در ایران - قاشق زنی، آجيل مشکل گشا، پريدن از روی آتش، فالگوش ايستادن
  20. ^ M.Moin:A Persian Dictionary, 3rd edition, Page 4752(In Persian)

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