ئەفسانەی ئەژیدەهاکە یان داستانی زوحاک

Abstract

Myth, as a thoughtful, philosophical and linguistic work, has showed the world-view and beliefs of human throughout different historical eras and has developed and changed along with intellectual and philosophical evolution as well as the language use which has adapted itself to the mindset of that era. Myths in the literature world have been considered as main sources for different genres of literature, therefore, despite having undergone change and transformation within itself, it had taken other forms too. The epic of Kawa, the blacksmith, and Zuhhak is one of the oldest national epics which has emerged from ancient Kurdish literature, and finally connected to the historical stages of Kurdish nation, which is the fall of the Medes. The current research attempts to examine the evolution of the mentioned myth in the emergence of the type of epic and its relationship with the fall of the Medes and Kawa, the blacksmith, through depending on the analytical method of mythology and interpretation of historical evidences and ancient texts