Comparative study of the Myth of " Water" in the Mythologies of Iran and India

Myth is the primitive men''s thought and reaction، facing with the natural happenings and as those people were uncertain about the causes of mentioned happenings، their reactions towards those events have been accompanied by fear. The very fear made them assume a God for any phenomenon so that they could be safe from the wickedness of the accidents with recourse to them. The formation of myths in human societies has been based upon the very principle; that’s why there exist similarities among the myths of different nations. Among the mythologies of the nations، the two mythologies of Iran and India have the most similarities owing to common، cultural grounds. The present research attempts to comparatively investigate the element of “water” in the two mythologies of Iran and India. The surveys performed suggest that in both nations’ myth of Creation، water is among the earliest material creatures، and this has been due to the importance of this life-giving element in their lives.