COMPARISON OF SOME IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN MYTHICAL CHARACTERS

The mythical personages studied in this article fall in too three categories: Heroes, Fairies and Divini- ties. We have tried to draw an analogy among the three categories in the Persian and Russian mythology. In this comparison the point of similarity between the legends of Siagalesh and Lesh (Leshi), the epics of Rostam and Iliâ Murâmetz and the myth of Mitrâ and Dâzhbog, Zâhak and Triglâvâ, Ahurâmazdâ and Bilbog, Ahriman and Chornbog, have been exhibited. Some of the likenesses seem to be accidental (like that between Siagalesh and Lesh), but some others are rooted in the shared cultural heritage and racial origin of the two nations (like that between Ahurâmazdâ and Bilbog). This comparative report, influenced by the linguistic model of Noam Chom- sky, attempts to trace out a deep structural analogy between Persian and Russian myths and legends, although in some cases the mere reason of the influence of one legend on the other this is its longer historical record