Making Mythical Heroes in the Poetry of the Poets of the First Generation of the Islamic Revolution

The war imposed by the aggressive regime of Iraq against Iran prepared the ground for very influential events in the intellectual, cultural, political and social history of Iran. Various aspects of this issue have been represented in poetry and literature, inspiring poets and revolutionary artists to write poems and create seminal works. The purpose of the research is to analyze the intellectual and internal connection of national and religious myths in the poetry of the poets of the first generation of the Revolution. The method of this research, which is a descriptive-analytical one, is based on library sources, where a collection of poets of the first generation of the Islamic Revolution were studied. The findings of the research indicate that revolutionary poets, especially after the outbreak of the war imposed by Iraq, adopted a mythological approach to sacred defense and used national and religious mythical symbols such as Rostam, Arash, Kaveh, Dahhak and also paid attention to the uprising of Imam Hussein and Ashura, the love sacrifice of Ishmael, the story of Khyber and the myth of Imam Ali, Hazrat-e Abbas, etc. to persuade, encourage and praise the heroes and brave men in the battle against wrongdoers. The connection of these myths in their poetry, in addition to its aesthetic function, has been a very suitable tool for explaining the ideal goals and the mission of poetry in attracting, persuading and motivating the audience, hence creating a suitable context for the representation of national and religious heroes.