Quarterly Scientific-Research Goljaam

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The common element in the Persian Shiri carpets is lion, sometimes accompanied with Sword and full or half sun. Sword is a symbol of power & war and Sun is a symbol of Imam Ali (PBUH). In addition to lion and sun, pictures of lion-cow-attack, with their ancient history in Iranian art, are represented in Fars’ Shiri carpets in other methods. For this reason, calendar, changes of seasons & Star Circuits are factors affecting on symbolism of each period.

Solar gods & goddesses or Water gods & goddesses have symbols in sky & earth, representing their divine form, in relation with concepts like movements of stars and planets (sun, Venus, Mercury, and Mars) and animals like lion and cow. The combination of lion and cow is specifically for the district of Fars (the third land); so is the combination of lion and sun for other districts of Iran (the fourth land). The combination of lion and sun as the representation of the forth land is another interpretation of the combination of lion and cow as the representation of the third land, according to astronomical and sidereal concordances.

This descriptive-analytic paper tries to find points of similarity between gods & goddesses in ancient civilizations, and illustrates & analyzes the roots of their shapes for finding common forms between Anahita, Mehr, Tir & Bahram through document and library research. The reason is that these gods & goddesses have retrospective effects and the heavenly representation of their duties were existent in celebrations of creation.

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Emigrating Jews to Iran and other countries, known for handmade rugs craft, caused penetrating their beliefs into those countries’ traditional artifacts and also developing Jewish rugs. According to ostensible characteristics, Jewish rugs are ones which contain Judaic signs or Jewish Merchants’ signatures. Since 1850 Jewish rugs have been produced in main cities of Iran, e.g. Kashan, Tabriz and Kerman. In fact, they were the result of combination of Judaic patterns and the rich Iranian rug craft. Occupying Palestine and emigrating Jews from all over the word, their experience of rug art and also Alliance Israelite schools helped Jews to prepare a fabricated cultural identity through producing new artifacts for their new society. Analyzing and Comparing five more abundant Jewish rugs of Iran and Occupied Palestine, semiotically and considering historical background, showed that the difference between motivations and territorial background has made their products various. Iranian cases have been faithful to the rug tradition and its aesthetic, considering workmanship and financial goals, but the cases of Occupied Palestine, Politic aims behind religious patterns and signs, have been prior than other values.

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In this paper it is attempted to be identified the motif of Arab Jinni carpets. In my opinion, this carpet is decorated by spiritual and Celestial powers that combination of novels of Jamshid and Prophet Solomon that lived in pre-Islamic centuries. Jamshid was king and Solomon was King and Prophet. Considering that the spirit of Persian art always penetrates the body of traditions or religious beliefs; So, acquaintance the similarities of the Jamshid novel with Prophet Solomon novel, On the one hand, and, on the other hand, beliefs, religion and place of departure Sabeans followers as an interface ring to identify motifs known as "Ğeni" is important. The water is a common element between Jamshid, Prophet Solomon and Sabein. Water in the Islamic traditions, create the motifs of Prophet Solomon Novel and emerges in the form of Belqis, Saxre Jenni and Omme Sebyan. Water in the Zoroastrian beliefs is linked with motifs of Jamshid novels and puts into existence in the form of Nahid goddess; in Sabeen religion who is famous for water worshipers that expressed in the form of sacred water and their beliefs on baptism.)Water in Sabean religion is linked with sacredness of water and baptism. This text uses the comparative method of motifs, folklore, and ancient Persian literature. The research method is based on description and analysis. Style data document is library research and gathered through a field.