Totemism in the stories of Shahname

Before the emergence of religion, Totemism was one of the beliefs of primitive human beings. Most scholars believe totemism to be a necessary stage of man’s evolution, though the phenomenon cannot be found in all the primitive societies. Since, there has been, no or very little investigation on the...

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Main Author: mirjalalodin kazazi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2008-02-01
Series:Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
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Online Access:https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_6443_994fc0b3ca0179f7e18afc12d930ef51.pdf
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description Before the emergence of religion, Totemism was one of the beliefs of primitive human beings. Most scholars believe totemism to be a necessary stage of man’s evolution, though the phenomenon cannot be found in all the primitive societies. Since, there has been, no or very little investigation on the present subject, the paper is intended to probe into the totemism in the stories of Ferdowsi’s Shahname. To this end, stories from the mythical and historical parts of the Shahname have been selected to study the case more meticulously.
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spelling doaj.art-c0a1097082264a9f9155e8776d3c0bae2023-12-26T07:37:19ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressMatn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī2251-71382476-61862008-02-0111348511310.22054/ltr.2008.64436443Totemism in the stories of Shahnamemirjalalodin kazazi0هیئت علمی دانشگاه علامهBefore the emergence of religion, Totemism was one of the beliefs of primitive human beings. Most scholars believe totemism to be a necessary stage of man’s evolution, though the phenomenon cannot be found in all the primitive societies. Since, there has been, no or very little investigation on the present subject, the paper is intended to probe into the totemism in the stories of Ferdowsi’s Shahname. To this end, stories from the mythical and historical parts of the Shahname have been selected to study the case more meticulously.https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_6443_994fc0b3ca0179f7e18afc12d930ef51.pdftotemtabooarchetypecollective unconsciousnessshahname
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Totemism in the stories of Shahname
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
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taboo
archetype
collective unconsciousness
shahname
title Totemism in the stories of Shahname
title_full Totemism in the stories of Shahname
title_fullStr Totemism in the stories of Shahname
title_full_unstemmed Totemism in the stories of Shahname
title_short Totemism in the stories of Shahname
title_sort totemism in the stories of shahname
topic totem
taboo
archetype
collective unconsciousness
shahname
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