Scapegoat belief in Shah-name

Scapegoatig means the indirect transfer of evil and its disposal for a specific or indefinite period of time. Human had variety philosophies to fight against evil، and has employed common tools such as human، animal، objects، etc. Fore this purpose، the present work attempts to explore different ways of scapegoat by referring to the Sahname of Ferdowsi. To this end، after giving a brief introduction about scapegoating، the reasons of humans resort to scapegoating as well as types of scapegoating in Shahname have been studied. Accordingly، there are two forms of scapegoating (direct and in direct)، one in Zahhak’s story، and the other in the story of Rostam and Esphandiyar. The present foundamental research is based on library research method، and has used descriptive analysis method.