Self and the use of its various symbols in the Shahnameh of bards

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Azad University of Qom

2 Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature at Ayatollah Boroujerdi University

10.29252/kavosh.2022.17912.3186

Abstract

In depth psychology, although the "Ego" is the center of "Consciousness" and man communicates with the world around through it, the whole psyche has another center called "self" which includes not only "Consciousness" but also unconsciousness. In fact, the "self", as the central core of the psyche, is the archetype of the totality and the regulator of the psyche, through which man achieves the individuality and integrity of personality. Because the "self",  like other archetypes, needs to use symbols to manifest itself, it appears in myths, dreams, and legends in the form of sublime and sacred figures or as symbols of wholeness and, in general, as any helper creature, whether living or inanimate. Shahnameh narrative is based on epics and myths on the one hand and based on mass and popular literature on the other hand. Therefore, it can be the best manifestation of unconscious elements and archetypes. Zaririnameh, known as Shahnameh of bards is the most comprehensive and longest narration of Shahnameh and the one which the authors have studied in detail for the symbols of "self".  These symbols are classified into human, animal, object symbols as well as rhetoric, the unseen and the tombs of the dead.

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Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature
Volume 23, Issue 54 - Serial Number 54
November 2022
Pages 91-121

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