Confronting Gods of Water and Demons of Drought in Shahnameh

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Our perception is usually binary opposition and prefer one over the other. In Shahnameh heaven and earth and its elements are at odds with each other. In this paper, the interaction of water gods and demon's drought in the Shahnameh. Water as the second most valuable element of fire in Iranians ancient. Positions dry ground in the territory of Iran and successive droughts have caused drought for as their greatest enemy, the evil incarnation of the charts. Water continually in conflict with the devil god's drought and rain barrier were to the ground. In ancient mythology and Apoush battle manifestation of this struggle. Battle of the two forms the basis of many epic stories of Shahnameh in the embodiment of evil and demon's drought, milk, Perry and his ruthless kings have made the charts. The most obvious aspect of this fight in the Battle of Fereydoun, Zahhäk as well as Kai and witness Afrasiab.

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