Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi, is one of the must-read books from Iran’s literature. The poetry has been translated into some languages, including English and French. Literature, and especially ...

“The Scarlet Stone,” a dance-theater retelling of a tragic Persian myth about a hero father and his son, could not be performed in present day Iran. There, due to the exegeses of the state religion, ...

First-generation Iranian American educator and author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb honors his father, an immigrant from Iran, and his ancestry in his forthcoming middle grade collection Persian Mythology: Epic ...

Introduction: -- Outline of Persian history -- Sources of the myths -- Nature of myth -- Ancient Persian Mythology: -- Picture of the universe: -- Ancient gods: -- Vayu, wind --Tishtrya and the demon ...

Astonishingly ambitious in breadth, 2-D animated feature “The Last Fiction,” the first such film entirely realized in Iran, refashions ancient Persian mythology into an inventively lyrical and ...

A Hercules-like hero and a rival princess secretly conceive a son, Sohrab, in an ancient Persian myth. Romance turns to tragedy when Sohrab is later killed by his own estranged father in battle. A ...

Previously published as Persian Mythology: Captivation Myths of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Legendary Creatures and Tales from the Caucasus: Captivating Myths and Legends from Circassia, Armenia, and ...