Creatures Iranian folklore

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the nightmare in european folklore similar iranian bakhtak



davaal paa (persian: دووال پا‎‎) lasso-leg creature
aal
bakhtak (persian: بختک‎‎) nightmare ghost or evil creature cause sleep paralysis
bird of amen :a bird flies continuously , says “amen”.if needs , expresses desire when bird pass on head, desire fulfilled.
genie elf, goblin
div, daeva , demon, monster, fiend, confused ghoul(ogre, ghoul) , jinn in both folk , literary traditions, expresses not idea of demon, of ogre, giant, , satan.
ghoul, ghoul-e-biabani (monster of desert), designation of frightening creature in perso-arabic lore. hideous monster feline head, forked tongue, hairy skin, , deformed legs resemble limp , skinny legs of prematurely born infant.
martyaxwar legendary creature similar sphinx.
peri
zār (persian: زآر‎‎) ritual in of south coastal iranian provinces kind of spiritual trance dance. in cases can go long time, until dancer drops down of exhaustion
takam king of goats , male goat, in folklore of azarbaijan.
shahmaran, shah (king) of snakes .

folklore games



physical games


amo zangirbaff (uncle chain-weaver)
attal mattal totuleh
ghayyem moshak
gorgam hava
alak dolak
ye ghol ghol
bikh divari
ghapp bazi knucklebone playing
khar polis donkey-cop
aftaab mahtab sunshine moonlight
laylay or ganiyeh


folklore card games


hokm , shelem:games 4 players.
ganjafa
chahâr barg (4 cards) fishing game, known pâsur, haft khâj(seven clubs)or haft va chahâr, yâzdah(7+4=11).
Âs nas: perhaps Âs nas game modern poker may have sprung


folklore verbal games


moshereh (poetry game):every side has answer other side poem beginning last word of previous poem (compare urdu mushaira).
ye morgh darm ( have hen game)


other folklore games


backgammon






^ placenta cut , poked pin or needle frighten bad spirits such ‘al’. these spirits closely associated death of baby or mother or else go wrong @ time. zoroastrians believed in number of such dark spirits attacking mother , newborn , ‘al’ resembles ancient spirits [1].
^ see persian wikipedia page bakhtak
^ omidsalar, mahmoud. dĪv . encyclopædia iranica. retrieved 2011-04-22. 
^ omidsalar, mahmoud , teresa p. Ḡul . encyclopædia iranica. retrieved 2011-04-22. 
^ see persian wikipedia page zaar ritual in iran
^ iranian folklore games ( in persian) archived february 25, 2009, @ wayback machine.
^ how play hokm
^ encyclopedia iranica, card games(ganjafa-bāzī, waraq-bāzī) mahdi roschanzamir
^ ganjafa(in persian)
^ Âs nas archived december 15, 2007, @ wayback machine.
^ jacoby, morehead, oswald, albert. poker origin , spread . encyclopædia britannica. retrieved 2008-01-18. :


poker virtually indistinguishable older persian game called nas, four-hand game played 20-card pack, 5 cards dealt each player. coincidence led students of games call poker derivative of nas, theory has been discredited.



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