THE WOMAN’S ROLE IN IRANIAN ANCIENT LITERATURE AND MYTHS

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SANJARI S.

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Journal: Journal of Woman Cultural Psychology Year:2011 | Volume:2 | Issue:7 Page(s): 35-46

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THE WOMAN’S ROLE IN IRANIAN ANCIENT LITERATURE AND MYTHS

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MATRIARCHYQ2

MATRIMONYQ2

SPANDARMAZQ2

GODDESSQ2

DURUJQ3

ANAHITAQ3

Abstract

the Ancient Persians always esteemed women as being equal to men in all aspects of life. Etymologically, the word “woman” in Persian language originated from the word (zan), which means “giving birth”. The word had different forms in various languages: (zan) and (narig) in Pahlavi, (wa/ǝd) in Soghdi, (wadu) or (wad) in Old Persian, (Vantav) in Avestan, and (Vadhu) in Sanskrit. The importance and the high status attributed to women were manifested in titles given to women as well as in their determination to defend their reputation, family, and land. Such a feature was also portrayed in ancient mythological GODDESSes such as ANAHITA, Spadnarmaz, Dena, Chista, and many others. Further, women’s love, affection, and commitment, in one perspective, and evil deviations, in another, were reflected in characteristics of female demons (daeva) like Jahi, Bushyasta, and others. However, all these myths refer to the good-evil duality in women’s nature. Therefore, as ANAHITA - female divinity of water, fertility, and kingship - possesses good attributes and pursues positive goals, evil attributes, such as vindictiveness and spitefulness are depicted in ada - another GODDESS.

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SANJARI, S.. (2011). THE WOMAN’S ROLE IN IRANIAN ANCIENT LITERATURE AND MYTHS. WOMAN AND CULTURE, 2(7), 35-46. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/189660/en

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SANJARI S.. THE WOMAN’S ROLE IN IRANIAN ANCIENT LITERATURE AND MYTHS. WOMAN AND CULTURE[Internet]. 2011;2(7):35-46. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/189660/en

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S. SANJARI, “THE WOMAN’S ROLE IN IRANIAN ANCIENT LITERATURE AND MYTHS,” WOMAN AND CULTURE, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 35–46, 2011, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/189660/en

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