Deciphering Archetypes, Mythological Elements and Mystical Characters in Mehdi Akhavan Sales’ Poetry

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Rahman Fallahi Moghaddam ¹ , Yousef Nikrooz ² , Mahmoud Heydari ³

1 - PhD Student, Persian Language and Literature Dept., Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Yasouj Branch, Yasouj State University, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Persian Language and Literature Dept., Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

Received: 2021-12-18 Accepted : 2021-12-18 Published : 2021-12-22

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Abstract :

Myth and mysticism at first glance seem to be two separate and different categories in the field of humanities; While examining the two from the perspective that opens up to the reader in this article, the two are not only inseparable; Rather, it can be said that mysticism is a continuation and completion of myth. In this research, the author tries to study the mythical elements and characters, and the symbols that have a mystical character and appearance in the poetry of the Brotherhood in a descriptive-analytical and library method. In addition to the characters and symbols of national myths, the characters of religious and mystical myths that the Brotherhood brought to express their concepts should also be examined. The result of the research is that the Brotherhood in its poems, in order to better express its poetic themes and concepts, has used elements of myth and epic, these mythical elements on the one hand with Iranian mythology and on the other with Iranian mysticism - Islam is intertwined.