Faramarz, the Sistani Hero : Texts and Traditions of the Faramarzname and the Persian Epic Cycle
Faramarz, the Sistani Hero : Texts and Traditions of the Faramarzname and the Persian Epic Cycle
by Marjolijn van Zutphen
English | 2014 | ISBN: 900426826X | 790 Pages | True PDF | 5.12 MB
by Marjolijn van Zutphen
English | 2014 | ISBN: 900426826X | 790 Pages | True PDF | 5.12 MB
In Faramarz, the Sistani Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the role played by the legendary warrior Faramarz in the shorter and the longer Faramarzname, compared to his appearances in several other later epic poems and in Ferdowsi’s Shahname.
Marjolijn van Zutphen earned her doctorate at Leiden University (December 2011). She is currently researching the Persian traditions surrounding Eskandar, within the project Beyond the European Myth. In Search of the Afro-Asiatic Alexander Cycle at the Amsterdam Free University (VU).