Simurgh

The Simurgh (Persian سيمرغ, also Simurg, Simorg or Senmurv in Middle Persian ), is a mythical creature of Persian mythology. The name is derived from the Avestan mərəγō Saēnō ( " the bird SAENA "). The mythical bird is also found in the mythology of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia and the Bashkirs and Kerkes, Semrug, Semurg, Samran or Samruk is called.

Importance

The correspondence of this bird in the West is phoenix or condor. The name of his antagonist is Persian عنقا, Arabic and Persian Anqa read Angha. Often no distinction is made between them. Simurgh also means king of birds. He is depicted as a great female hawk or as a mixture of birds of prey, dog or lion, and is also considered the protection of birds. The Simurgh is said to have supernatural powers.

After the Iranian mythology Simurgh 's Nest is behind the Kūh -e Qaf (Persian كوه قاف ), the destination of truth and self-knowledge, are located. There are several mountains that are identified with the Kuh-e Qaf, including the Alborz Mountains to the Damavand and the Hindu Kush. Also, the Caucasus should come into question. The mountain has been associated with the " Seven Cities of Love" by Fariduddin Attar. These seven cities, actually wadis, have a pessimistic and an optimistic - nihilist page. They represent the efforts of a being for the perfection represents the suffering, or passions are by Attar: Desire, Love, Education, abstinence, monotheism, amazement or dismay, misery or resolution. Attar calls the seventh Wadi as Fani Persian فانى, ( transience and finitude ).

Like the mythological Simurgh gained self-recognition, Fariduddin Attar wrote in his " bird calls " (Persian منطق الطير, Mantiq at- Tair ), a major work of Islamic mysticism ( Sufism ).

In Zoroastrian texts is told, the Simurgh sit on the tree of all seeds, the Saena or Simurgh - tree, and causing by wing flapping that its seeds are sown, after which they would spread by wind and rain on the earth. Younger myth has it that Saena is equated with the bird Simurgh from a later period.

In Ferdousīs Shahnameh, the Book of Kings, Simurgh plays with his supernatural powers in the history of Zal and his son Rostam an important role: The pregnant wife of Zal has significant problems with the birth of their child. Zal calls Simurgh, the "Lion of the Skies" and asks him for advice. Simurgh Zal says ahead of the birth of a son who will go down as a hero in the history of Iran. Simurgh then gives some advice, I like to run the birth. Ferdosi then describes in detail the medical procedure of episiotomy:

Not in the birth canal, he comes into the world, As it pleases the giver of good. Bring induce a shiny dagger, And be one of the magic knowledgeable, ..... He split the crossover of slender cypresses ' Sense it is not painful it. Pulls ' he the lions breeding, And put the moon since ' in the blood. Then sew ' the crack it again; The fear from the heart you space! One herb I say, pestle, the With milk, and in the shade to dry, let; Friction ' and spreadable ' it participates in the wound, And you see them healthy for an hour. Then rub it a spring mine, My power will be beneficial to you.

Others

Also, the novel Grimus by Salman Rushdie takes, among other terms of this mythical creature. In the classic 1972 film adaptation of the fairy tale miracle bird Simurgh Semurg help in the form of a white-robed woman a shepherd to exist numerous adventures and defeat an evil wizard in the end. The main prize of the International Fajr Film Festival Crystal Simorgh is named after this mythical creature.