Keyumars

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character in Iranian mythology character in Persian epic tradition legendary king mythological figure primordial human

Keyumars is a legendary primordial king in Iranian mythology, often regarded as the first human and the first ruler in ancient Persian epic tradition.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kayumars 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character in Iranian mythology ⓘ
character in Persian epic tradition ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
primordial human ⓘ
appearsIn Iranian mythological cosmology ⓘ
Shahnameh NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Ahura Mazda NERFINISHED ⓘ
beginning of kingship ⓘ
creation of the human race ⓘ
category Iranian legendary kings ⓘ
mythological first humans ⓘ
cosmicRole mediator between the spiritual and material worlds ⓘ
culture Iranian ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
domain entire world ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Zoroastrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameVariant Gayomard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gayomart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kayumars NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction starting point of Iranian epic history ⓘ
opposedBy Ahriman NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInMythicHistory first in the line of Iranian kings ⓘ
first king of the world ⓘ
region Greater Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Zoroastrian mythic history ⓘ
pre-Islamic Iranian religion ⓘ
role first human ⓘ
first king ⓘ
primordial ruler ⓘ
sourceType epic poetry ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
symbolism order over primordial chaos ⓘ
origin of human civilization ⓘ
timeFrame mythic prehistory ⓘ

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legendary Pishdadian dynasty → foundingFigure → Keyumars ⓘ
subject surface form: Pishdadian dynasty
legendary Pishdadian dynasty → hasLegendaryKing → Keyumars ⓘ
subject surface form: Pishdadian dynasty
Muiz ud din Qaiqabad → successor → Keyumars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kayumars