Ayadgar-i Zareran

E775060

Ayadgar-i Zareran is a Middle Persian epic prose text recounting the legendary battle and martyrdom of the hero Zarer in the context of early Zoroastrian Iran.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Persian text
Zoroastrian literary text
epic prose work
associatedWith Iranian epic tradition
Sasanian period
basedOn oral epic tradition
centralEvent death of the hero Zarer
culturalContext pre-Islamic Iran
describes legendary battle between Zoroastrians and their opponents
genre epic prose
importance one of the earliest surviving Middle Persian epics
language Middle Persian NERFINISHED
literaryForm prose narrative
literaryTradition Pahlavi literature
mainCharacter Zarer NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus battle of Zarer NERFINISHED
preservedIn Pahlavi manuscripts
relatedTo Iranian national epic tradition
Zoroastrian heroic legend
religiousAffiliation Zoroastrian
religiousContext Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED
script Pahlavi script
setting early Zoroastrian Iran
subjectMatter religious wars in early Zoroastrian history
theme heroism
martyrdom
religious conflict
titleVariant Ayādgār ī Zarērān NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iranian mythology hasSourceText Ayadgar-i Zareran