MYTHICAL THEMES REFLECTED IN IRANIAN MYSTICISM

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KEYVANI M.A.

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Journal: Nameh Farhangestan Year:2011 | Volume:12 | Issue:2 (46) Page(s): 59-78

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MYTHICAL THEMES REFLECTED IN IRANIAN MYSTICISM

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Mythology, with its two principal characteristics, symbolism and exaggeration, provides Sufis with an effective means with which to express their mystical thoughts symbolically. Mythological themes used by Sufi poets and writers go back to dateless times. We refer to them as "myth from within" because, already used in their non-mystical way, they were borrowed, developed, and loaded with new meanings, within the context of Sufi discourse. However, a number of myths originate from SUfis themselves, where certain Sufis seyks have in the past behaved so unusually and expressed so bombastic statements that they have become the origin of some strange stories coming not much short of myth per se. Their staunch followers, years later, have aggrandized further the stories they have heard about their dead seyks; we refer to the stories so made as "myth from without". Such myths, if not comfortably within the conventional definition of myth, merit serious study, at least as an area closely related to mythology proper.

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KEYVANI, M.A.. (2011). MYTHICAL THEMES REFLECTED IN IRANIAN MYSTICISM. NAME- YE FARHANGESTAN, 12(2 (46)), 59-78. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/88012/en

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KEYVANI M.A.. MYTHICAL THEMES REFLECTED IN IRANIAN MYSTICISM. NAME- YE FARHANGESTAN[Internet]. 2011;12(2 (46)):59-78. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/88012/en

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M.A. KEYVANI, “MYTHICAL THEMES REFLECTED IN IRANIAN MYSTICISM,” NAME- YE FARHANGESTAN, vol. 12, no. 2 (46), pp. 59–78, 2011, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/88012/en

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