Non-verbal communications could be a part of visual signs that, because of their importance in interpersonal relationships and transition of meaning, are highly regarded by psychologists and sociologists. One of the major subdivisions of this topic is called "Body Language" that has existed in all human societies since ancient times. These non-verbal signs, some thousands of years old, have cul...

vulgar stories, beliefs and information about ferdowsi and shahname, in contrast with those compiled and put into written form, are of a different folkloric nature. some of these narratives have been recently compiled in the first volume of ferdowsi name. their general content deals with the details and indefinites of ferdowsi's biography and some religious, ethical, mental and artistic pa...

Iranian myths in children’s literature are the reflection of believers and principles of different groups and they are used as literary and artistic treasure house within the framework of children’s books. By using this method, a child cannot be taught directly while communication with the previous world acquaints with cultural history of epic literature and national myth. Nowadays most of the ...

ferdowsi has composed a few lines concerning himself at the end of the story of shapur-e zulaktaf beginning with: چو آدینه هرمزد بهمن بود بر این کار فرّخ نشیمن بود scholars have proposed different hypotheses about these lines. some believe that these lines reflect ferdowsi’s desire to see the prophet mohammad after his death, as the pleasure of completing this part of shāh-nāmeh, and the celebra...

having curly hair (persian: gīsvari) is one of the obscure and rare concepts in the epics and heroic stories but various texts and particularly some of the non-iranian sources pertaining to this issue could show us some evidenc regarding the ancient descriptions of warriors in indo-european culture. moreover, obstinacy (persian: sar-keshi), as one of the indispensable characters of heros, doesn...

Sohrab Effati Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 917751159, Mashhad, Iran and Center of Excellence on Soft Computing and Intelligent Information Processing (SCIIP), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran [email protected] Alireza Nazemi∗ Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Shahrood University, P.O. Box 3619995161-316, S...