Analysis of the Position of Div in Marzban Nama from the Perspective of Zoroastrian and Islamic Teachings and Folk Beliefs

Among the ancient texts of Persian literature, one can find evidence of the penetration and influence of the mythologies of ancient peoples, indicating the author's or poet's absorption of those mythologies. When the statements of the writer in the text are examined from a mythological perspective, these influences gradually reveal themselves, because a person who approaches the study of texts—both classical and contemporary—from the standpoint of mythological science will, if the creator of the work has been influenced by an ancient archetype or mythological element, become aware of this factor in the work. In the story of the demon Gavpay and Danaye Dini—which is recorded in the fourth section of the Marzban Nama...