The Sameness of Iranian myths in Mamluk carpets

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1 PhD in Arabic Language and Literature, Kermanshah, Iran.

2 Professor of Arabic Language and Literatur, Department of Arabic language and Literature, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

10.22126/tbih.2024.10773.1013

Abstract

Every nation’s myths are the narrators of unique intellectual infrastructures, cultural evolutions, and religious values of that nation since the beginning, which can be searched at various levels of individual, social, and cognitive life. Hence, Iranian mythology's visible and hidden lines are evident in various fields of structure, meaning, aesthetics, literature, architecture, and different arts, including carpet weaving. In this regard, in the mutual relations between human civilizations, the influence of the images and motifs of Iranian myths in the creations of other nations' cultures, including the civilization of the Arab-Islamic lands, is visible in specific periods. Meanwhile, researchers believe that in the design of a group of Mamluk carpets of, there are elements that have no similarity with traditions evident in other arts or Egyptian architectural decorations. Obviously these motifs contain a multiplex activity of geometric shapes on symmetrical scales in the design of cypress and palm trees, various flowers, blossoms, a pond, and a color palette consisting of red, blue white colors. The research baised qualitative methodolog, by comparing the symbolic motifs found in Mamluk carpets with the mythological schemas found in Iranian literature and culture, seemingly the influence of Iranian mythological ideas has given a distinct face to Mamluk carpet and a new direction in the carpet weaving industry and increasing its prestige and status was created. 

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