Paristan
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Paristan or Pari-estan (Persian: پریستان) is a name of a fairyland in the folklore of Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia. Pari (Persian: پری) means fairy. In many children's stories Koh-e-Qaf (Persian: کوہ قاف ) is also used for fairyland. The Koh-e-Qaf refers to the Cau-cas mountains.
Most of the fairies are depicted as young females with very fair color, golden hair and light colored eyes. This indicates that fair-haired European Slavic girls from the north of Caucasus Mountains were considered as a model for Peri.
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