Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern. Elizabeth A. Reed
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Elizabeth A. Reed
Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066231880
Table of Contents
DIVISION I. The Early Tablets and Mythology.
CHAPTER II. THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.
CHAPTER III. THE POETRY AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE TABLETS.
CHAPTER IV. PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY.
DIVISION II. The Period of the Zend-Avesta.
CHAPTER VI. THE TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA.
CHAPTER VII. TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA, CONCLUDED.
DIVISION III. The Time of the Mohammedan Conquest and the Korān.
DIVISION IV. The Period Succeeding the Mohammedan Conquest.
CHAPTER IX. THE ANWĀR-I-SUHALI.
CHAPTER XI. STORY OF THE SHĀH NĀMAH.
CHAPTER XII. THE HEFT-KHĀN, OR SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM.
CHAPTER XVII. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI.
CHAPTER XVIII. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XIX. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XX. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XXI. MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONCLUDED.
PERSIAN LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
| Division I.—Early Tablets and Mythology. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| HISTORIC OUTLINE. | |
| ORIGIN OF PERSIAN LITERATURE—ACCAD AND SUMER—LITERATURE OF NINEVEH—BABYLON—ĪRĀN OR PERSIA—PHYSICAL FEATURES—PERSIAN ART—MANUSCRIPTS—EARLY LITERATURE—THE ARABIAN CONQUEST—LITERATURE OF MODERN PERSIA—PERSIAN ROMANCE | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS. | |
| EARLY LITERATURE—HISTORIC TABLETS—THE INSCRIPTIONS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR—THE FALL OF BABYLON—CYRUS, THE ACHÆMENIAN—BEHISTUN INSCRIPTIONS—DARIUS AT PERSEPOLIS—INSCRIPTIONS OF XERXES—ARTAXERXES—A LATER PERSIAN TABLET—RÉSUMÉ | 30 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| THE POETRY AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE TABLETS. | |
| PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY—ANŪ—SEVEN EVIL SPIRITS—ACCADIAN POEM—ASSUR—HEA—NIN-CI-GAL—SIN, THE MOON GOD—HEA-BANI—NERGAL—MERODACH—NEBO—NINIP—CHEMOSH—INCANTATIONS TO FIRE AND WATER—IM—BAAL—TAMMUZ—ISHTAR—ISHTAR OF ARBELA—ISHTAR OF ERECH—LEGEND OF ISHTAR AND IZDŪBAR—ISHTAR, QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY—THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR | 53 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY. | |
| THE COMMON SOURCE OF MYTHOLOGY—MYTHICAL MOUNTAINS—RIVERS—MYTHICAL BIRDS—AHŪRA MAZDA—ATAR—THE STORM GOD—YIMA—THE CHINVAT BRIDGE—MITHRA—RÉSUMÉ | 86 |
| Division II.—Period of the Zend-Avesta. | |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| THE ZEND-AVESTA. | |
| DERIVATION AND LANGUAGE—DIVISIONS—AGE OF THE ZEND-AVESTA—MANUSCRIPTS—ZARATHUŚTRA—THE EARLY PĀRSĪS—THE MODERN PĀRSĪS | 109 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| THE TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA. | |
| THE GĀTHAS—THE WAIL OF THE KINE—THE LAST GĀTHA—THE MARRIAGE SONG—THE YASNA—COMMENTARY ON THE FORMULAS—THE YASNA HAPTANG-HĀITI—THE SRAŌSHA YAŚT—THE YASNA CONCLUDING | 127 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA, CONCLUDED. | |
| THE VENDĪDAD—FARGARD II—THE VARA OF YIMA—THE LAWS OF PURIFICATION—DISPOSITION OF THE DEAD—PUNISHMENTS—THE PLACE OF REWARD—THE VISPARAD—TEACHING OF THE MODERN PĀRSĪS | 146 |
| Division III.—The Time of the Mohammedan | |
| Conquest and the | |