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In the Spirit of Zarathustra: Intertextual Legitimation in Pahlavi Literature

In: Iran and the Caucasus
Author: Matthias Weinreich1
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  • 1 Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan, Armenia
Online Publication Date:
17 Jun 2022
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The present study investigates the intertextual relationship between the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān” and the biography of Zarathustra, as recorded in pre-modern Zoroastrian sources. The first part of the study contains the presentation and analysis of intertextual fragments within the Pahlavi tale, which can be discerned as referencing the Zoroastrian prophet’s life and deeds, forging an associative link between the central character of the story and the image of Zarathustra. The second part provides an attempt to explain why the author of the story might have considered such a link necessary and what could have inspired him to choose Zarathustra’s image and associate it with his protagonist.

Title:
In the Spirit of Zarathustra: Intertextual Legitimation in Pahlavi Literature
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20220201
Language:
English
Pages:
105–128
Keywords:
Zoroastrianism; Pahlavi Literature; Middle Persian; Zoroaster; Intertextuality; Religious Storytelling; Hagiography; Didactic Literature
In:
Iran and the Caucasus
In:
Volume 26: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies, General, History, Cultural History, Literature and Cultural Studies

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