Dragon symbolism in Mysticism and Its Mythological Material

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Persian language and literature department. human arts faculty. Lorestan university. Khorramabad. Lorestan.

2 University faculty

3 Associate Professor of Lorestan University

4 Professor of Lorestan University

10.29252/kavosh.2019.1668

Abstract

Dragons in negative symbolism, the evil deity, the duel of droughts and the deterrence of water, disease and chaos, and chaos and agitation, and in Positive symbolism, functions such as the cosmic mother, the first creator to depend on creation, the first martyr, the source of rain, the genesis, the impossibility, the power of the sun and the creator of the seasons, the night and the day, the guardian of secret treasures, godliness, the cure of the disease, the agent of mystery discovery. In mysticism, we also see the symbolic functions of the dragon. In the present article, the authors aim to explore the roots of the dragon's role in mysticism and use the content analysis method to examine the functions of the dragon in mythology and mysticism and conclude that, in the mysticism of the dragon, in its negative image, the symbol of the soul and in Its positive form has been manifested as the manifestation of the obedience and the power of the right, and according to the dragon's history in the mythologies of various nations: the symbolism of the soul in mysticism, rooted in the function of the dragon in mythology, as the symbol of chaos, the enemy of truth and ignorance, and symbolism The power of righteousness originates from the sacrament of God in the myths of various nations.

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Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature
Volume 20, Issue 41 - Serial Number 41
September 2019
Pages 249-284

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