Some Narrative Points and Motifs in Heroic- Storytelling Verse; Zarrin Qabā Nāme

Zarrin Qabā Nāme is a huge verse in 23133 couplets that probably has been versified in the Safavid period. Its poet is unknown and beginning of itś matter is coming of Solomonś messenger (Zarrin-qabā) to Keyxosrowś court and his confronting with Iranians. Afterwards several stories are narrated that their important persons are Sistanś heroes. Structure، language and content of Zarrin-Qabā-Nāme are storytelling-folklotic. Therefore، studying of its important motifs is useful in knowing and completion of Iranian folk- storytelling literatureś motifs. In this paper، some of these kinds of points and motifs are studied in four parts: 1) Semitic and Islamic matters 2) Rare and single indications، 3) Other matters and contents، and 4) Modeling from other stories.