Turan
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Turan is a legendary land and people in Persian mythology and epic literature, often portrayed as the arch-enemies of Iran in works like the Shahnameh.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary people
ⓘ
mythological concept ⓘ mythological land ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shahnameh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Turanian people ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Farud
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siyavash’s exile ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Central Asian steppes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Iran as land of order ⓘ |
| culturalContext | pre-Islamic Iranian worldview ⓘ |
| describedAs |
legendary land
ⓘ
realm of Iran’s enemies ⓘ |
| enemyOfHero |
Kay Khosrow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rostam NERFINISHED ⓘ Siavash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicallyAssociatedWith | Turanian tribes ⓘ |
| ethnicallyContrastedWith | Iranian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Greater Iranian mythology
ⓘ
Iranian epic tradition ⓘ |
| genreContext | epic literature ⓘ |
| hasConflict | Iran–Turan wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction |
embodiment of external threat
ⓘ
foil to Iran’s heroes ⓘ |
| hasNotableBattle | wars over the Oxus frontier ⓘ |
| hasNotableKing | Afrasiab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | arch-enemy of Iran ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
eternal war with Iran
ⓘ
heroic battles ⓘ |
| influenced |
Iranian national mythology
ⓘ
later Persian literature ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Classical Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBeyond | Oxus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | epic poems of Ferdowsi ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Persian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | steppe kingdom ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Iranian–Turanian dichotomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turanian ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Zoroastrian-influenced mythic geography ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Afrasiab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pashang NERFINISHED ⓘ Turanian kings ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
chaos and hostility
ⓘ
foreign aggression ⓘ |
| timeOfMythicSetting | mythic age of Iranian kings ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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