Kurdish
mythology is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the culturally, ethnically or linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the
Kurdistan mountains of northwestern
Zagros, northern
Mesopotamia and southeastern
Anatolia. This includes their
Indo-European pagan religion prior to them converting to
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
or
Christianity, as well the local myths, legends and
folklore that they produced after becoming
Muslims.
Before Islam
Origin story
In Kurdish mythology, the ancestors of the Kurds fled to the mountains to escape the oppression of a king named
Zahhak. It is believed that these people, like
Kaveh the Blacksmith who hid in the mountains over the course of history created a
Kurdish ethnicity. Mountains, to this day, are still important geographical and symbolic figures in Kurdish life. In common with other national myths, Kurdish mythology is used for political aims.
After Islam
The Sasanian king
Chosroes II Parvez is highly esteemed in the Kurdish oral tradition, literature and mythology.
Shahmaran
Shahmaran or (Şahmaran) is a mythical creature in Kurdish Folklore, she's believed to be a human-snake hybrid that lived in a cave, and she was considered the wisdom goddess to protect secrets, it's also believed that when shahmaran dies her spirit passes to her daughter.
See also
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Iranian mythology Iranian mythology or Iranic mythology may refer to any of the following mythologies of various Iranian peoples:
* Persian mythology
* Kurdish mythology
* Scythian mythology
** Ossetian mythology
* Azerbaijani mythology
See also
*Iranian religions ...
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Armenian mythology
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Ossetian mythology
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Scythian mythology
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Islamic mythology
References
Iranian mythology
Kurdish culture
Kurdish folklore
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