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- Title
The Female Characters in the Poem of Karistan Hatem.
- Authors
Motevasel, Mojgan; Dashti, Seyed Mohammad
- Abstract
Karistan Hatem, a single manuscript which is kept in the manuscript Treasury of the Leipzig University, is the work of a poet named Farid Ibn Ghazfar. This legend is a poetic narration of one of Hatem Tai's stories. The poem gives a description of the mania of the Sham princes named Munir for Hosn Banu, the beautiful queen of Khorasan, and about Hatem's sacrifices that led to their marriage. Although the protagonist of this story is an invincible superhuman, his activism owes much to the dramatic role-play of the women in the story. In the following article, after briefly introducing the manuscript, the story has been deciphered from the viewpoint of the female characters' performance. By giving an in-depth investigation and analysis, it can be concluded that the story is based on the ancient beliefs left over from matriarchy. This claim is corroborated by implications for motherhood, including the city of women, totemism, exogamy, plant God themes, and sacrifice for the mother queen. Another result of this research is to deepen this story and its capacity to accept comprehensive readings of mythology, sociology, and psychology.
- Subjects
KHURASAN (Iran); MATRIARCHY; ENDOGAMY &; exogamy; FEMALES; MYTHOLOGY; CHARACTER
- Publication
Culture & Folk Literature / Farhang va Adabiyyāt-i ̒āmah, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 36, p159
- ISSN
2345-4466
- Publication type
Article