Iranian folklore

collection of Middle Eastern folk stories

thumb|Statue of Ferdowsi in Tus by Abolhassan Sadighi Abolqasem Mansour bin Hassan Tusi (940–1025), better known by his pen name Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.

Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ‎), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds and can be either believers (''Mu'minun) or unbelievers (kuffar''), depending on whether they accept God's guidance.

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thumb|upright=1.3|The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul|Grand Bazaar in [[Istanbul, Turkey]] A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that have doors on each end and served as a city's central marketplace.

legendary carpet used for transportation

thumb|right|A traditional Kyrgyz Epic of Manas|manaschi performing part of the epic poem (dastan) at a yurt camp in [[Karakol]] Dastan () is an ornate form of oral history, an epic, from Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

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Arash the Archer () is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology and historical tradition. According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own life in the arrow's launch. The arrow was traveling for days before finally landing on the other side of the Oxus on the bark of a walnut tree hundreds of miles away from the original launch site atop a mountain.

thumb|Rostam and Esfandiyar Esfandiyār is a legendary hero from Iranian national history and one of the characters of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). He was the son and the crown prince of the Kayanian King Goshtasp and Queen Katāyoun. He was the grandchild of Kay Lohrasp.

The Karkadann (Arabic كركدن karkadann or karkaddan from Kargadan, Persian: كرگدن) is a mythical creature said to have lived on the grassy plains of India and Iran.

character in Iranian folklore who appears in the streets by the beginning of Nowruz

Iranian sport wrestler

alt=A man bows and holds his hand on the chest, expressing deference and respect|thumb|A Taarof gesture, where a man is bowing and holding his hand on the chest as a sign of respect and humbleness. Taarof or tarof () is a Persian word that refers to an Iranian form of civility or art of etiquette that emphasizes both deference and social rank.

character from Iranian folklore

story in Shahnameh

19th century Persian epic

mythical character in Iranian folklore

thumb|Pashang discusses the invasion of Iran. Miniature by Sadiqi Beg from the [[Shahnameh of Shah Ismail II. Qazvin, 1576–77. Aga Khan Museum]] Pashang () is the name of two separate characters in Persian Mythology. According to Ferdowsi's epic, the Shahnameh, he is of the race of Tur, the son of Fereydun and the father of Afrasiab. He was an early king of Turan. In Bal'ami's Tarikhnama he is the son of Gayumars, the first king in the world, and is murdered by demons. In some manuscripts, the name is written Hushang.

Sheshe () in Persian mythology is a jinni-like creature that strangles newborn babies on 6th day of their lives.

Iranian folk tale

Fishing card game of Persian origin

Legendary Persian sword

name of one of the legendary eight treasures of the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 591-628)