Research about the Creation of the World and Man in Iranian and Vietnamese Mythology

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Document Type : Original Article

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1 Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Eqlid Higher Education Center. Eqlid.Iran

2 Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

10.22111/jrm.2025.51994.1285

Abstract

The issue of the creation of the world and man has been one of the most important human philosophical questions from the past to the present, which mythological narratives have answered it.. In such a way that the beliefs and culture of any nation can be searched in this way. Among the ancient Iranian and Vietnamese peoples, there are many myths about the origin of the world and the first man, which, while being different, have similarities to each other.
In this article, a descriptive-analytical method has been tried to make a comparison between the myths of Iran and Vietnam with the theme of the creation of the world and man. The results show that both nations have paid attention to the subject of "Iezadan" and the stages of creation in the creation of the world. In the myths of Iran, the dual confrontation between the forces of good (Ormazd) and evil (Ahriman), the periods of creation and the battle of the two are mentioned in each period; However, in the myths of Vietnam, the entanglement of the world and the separation of the sky from the earth have come through a huge giant or torrential rain.
The first human in Iranian mythology is a man named "Kayumarth" and the human race was created from the rhubarb plant; But in Vietnamese mythology, there is a woman named "Zázᾆn" born from a mythological tree branch and the human race from her egg and two birds; It means his descendants have continued

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Comparative Study of Religions and Mysticism

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Available Online from 04 May 2026

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  • Receive Date: 12 May 2025
  • Revise Date: 29 July 2025
  • Accept Date: 13 September 2025

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