Other View About Gav ـ e Barmayeh

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Ph.D

Abstract

Kaveh Ahangar, a well-known figure in national stories and the initiator of Fereydoun's uprising, is not found in any of the pre-Islamic Iranian texts, despite his almost widespread presence in Islamic texts. This issue has led the researchers to explore the origins of his story, and various theories have been put forward. In this article, we have also tried to find other views about Kaveh by looking at the library and descriptive-analytical method, while reviewing and criticizing the previous researches, by thinking about the name and function of Kaveh and his belongings in Fereydoun's story. According to our searches, Kaveh could be another manifestation of the cow that plays an important role against the devil not only in the story of Fereydoun, but also from the beginning of creation in Persian myths. After Barmayeh is killed by Zahak, who is the gothic manifestation of the devil, the cow comes to the aid of Fereydoun in the form of a human character and with the help of iron, which is Ormazdi's tool against the devil. The other manifestation of this animal which is against the devil is the head-cow mace, which, like Kaveh, is a mixture of cow and iron, by which Fereydoun binds Zahak.

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