A Critical Review of White Dome Tale (According to Seventh Dome Tale from Nezami Ganjavi's Haft Peykar)

Haft Peykar by Nezami Ganjavi (533-602 AD) is about the journey of Bahram e Goor (483-520 BC) into the drankness in his search for drinking the AB e Hayat. This journey starts with the Black Dome and passes through different stages (the five Domes) finally leading the White Dome 7doms is equal to 7 stars in 7 colors in which 7 princess from 7 realms wear clothes having the same color as 7 Domes and narrate stories to the hero (Bahram) in each and every night. These tales in fact are the expression of his seven dreams all of which are interpretable and explainable. In the present research the researcher has first studied the form of the seventh tale (white Dome) and its structure in term of fairy tale morphology. Then the mythical and ceremonial structures have been analyzed according to the tale etymon logy (external structure). Next the symbolic agents of this text are analyzed in terms of psychological symbology which corresponds to the mystical pattern. In this paper the author attempts to present a critical and psychoanalytical review while extracting the individual unconscious manifestations of the poet as well as the unconscious collective patterns of the literary text from the archetypal elements and constructions. This will in turn reveal the real them of the text its hidden angles which will provide further studies and comments in this regard.