Iran Book News Agency, Iran
April 27 2013
Book outlines mythological commonalities of Iran, Armenia
27 Apr 2013 16:16
The Commonalities and Beliefs in Iranian-Armenian Mythological
Resources is the title of a new book authored by Maria Evazian
(Terezian) in assessment of the common points in the mythological
literature of Iran and Armenia.
IBNA: The book draws a comparative analysis of the myths in Iranian
and Armenian resources and gives readers a view of the joint points in
the two country’s mythical beliefs.
Co-authored by Anoushik Maleki Bakhshmandi, the book examines the
historical backgrounds of the two countries and their cultural
commonalities.
The geography of Armenia, history of Armenia, totemism, animism,
mythology, carnivals and Armenian monarchies are some of the topics
included in the book, which is arranged in 282 pages.
According to the book’s author, the evolution in Iran and Armenia is
the same is many ways, especially when it comes to myths and
mythological stories.
The Research Center of Humanities and Cultural Studies has published
500 copies of the book in the Iranian book market.