Iranian folklore

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Iranian folklore, including jokes, legends, games, folklore heroes and beliefs is sophisticated and complex.

Contents 1 folklore Heroes 2 folklore legends 3 folklore creatures 4 folklore games 5 folklore traditional ceremonies 6 folklore chracters in jokes 7 folklore beliefs 8 folklore music and dance 9 Pimps, prostitutes and mobs with folkloric significance 10 See also 11 Bibliography 12 References

[edit] folklore Heroes

• Pourya-ye Vali
• Samak Ayar:A fictional Iranian hero ,an ancient book ^[1] (6th century AH) written by Faramaz Ibn Khodad(Faramaz son of Khodad)(Persian: فرامرز بن خداداد بن عبدالله الکاتب الارجانی )
• Hasan Kachal "Hasan the Bald"
• Khaleh Soskeh "Aunte cockroach"
• Hossen e Kurd e shabestari "The Kurdish Hossen of Shabestar"
• Karim shereyee "Karim the addict"
• Baba shammal
• Koroghlu (Iranian Azarbaijan)
• Mathar Fulad-zereh "Mother of Fulad-zereh"^[2]
• Otour-khan Rashti
• Churchill used for any mischievous person
• Jaffar Jenni or Zaffar Jenni

[edit] folklore legends

• Boz boz ghandi"Suger goat"
• Shangol o Mangol o Habeh-e-Angur
• Maah pishoni "(the girl with)Moon(sign)in her brow"
• Kadou ghelghelehzan "The trundle gourd"
• Sarma Pirezan"Grand mother COLD"

[edit] folklore creatures

• Karkadann
• Davaal paa "lasso-leg man"
• Aal ^[3]
• Bakhtak "Nightmare"
• Genie " elf, goblin"
• Div "Daeva "
• Peri

[edit] folklore games

folklore Physical games

• Amo Zangirbaff "Uncle chain-weaver"
• Attal Mattal Totuleh
• Ghayyem Moshak
• Gorgam be Hava
• Alak dou Lak
• Bikh divari
• Ghapp bazi "knucklebone Playing"
• Khar polis "Donkey-Cop"
• Aftaab Mahtab "Sunshine Moonlight"
• Ganiyeh
• Laay laay

folklore Card games

• Hokm:A game for four players ^[4].
• Ganjafa ^[5][6]
• Chahâr barg (4 cards) is another fishing game,also sometimeds known as Pâsur,Haft Khâj(seven clubs)or Haft va chahâr, yâzdah(7+4=11).
• Âs Nas: Perhaps Âs Nas is the game from which modern Poker may have sprung ^{[7] [8]}

folklore Verbal games

• Moshereh (Poetry Game):Every side has to answer the other side with a poem beginig with the last word of the previous poem.
• Ye Morgh Darm ("I have a hen" game)

other folklore games

• Backgammon

[edit] folklore traditional ceremonies

folklore Nowruz traditional characters

• Hajji Firuz traditional herald of Nowruz.
• Kouseh Bar Neshin(کوسه بر نشین)(A Nowruz folklore Tradition)
• Mir Nowrouzi "Temporary king of Nowruz times"(A Nowruz folklore Tradition)

folklore religious ceremonies

• Omar koushoun "Killing of Umar" .A fest for ceremonical killing of Umar ibn Sa'ad, falsly mistaken with Umar.
• Iranian folklore in Ashura Iranian way of folkloric mourning in Ashura

[edit] folklore chracters in jokes

• Molla Nasr al din
• Dakho (دخو)

[edit] folklore beliefs

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• Ajîleh Moshkel Goshâ "The problem-solving nuts" of Chaharshanbe Suri^{[9] [10]}

[edit] folklore music and dance

Main article: Persian dance

See also: Kurdish dance

[edit] Pimps, prostitutes and mobs with folkloric significance

• Fatemeh Arreh (A character originally in One Thousand and One Nights)

[edit] See also

Shahnameh
Persian mythology
Card games in Iran
Pasurbazi (In Persian)
Ganjafeh (In Persian)

[edit] Bibliography

• Mohammad-Ali Naqib-al-Mamalek, Amir Arsalan-e Rumi, ed. M. J. Mahjub, Tehran, 1340 sh./1961
• German translation: R. Gelpke as Amir Arsalan: Liebe und Abenteuer des Amir Arsalan, Zurich, 1965
• Dastan of Amir Hamzah

[edit] References