Survey on the mythic Elements in Mystic Narratives

Myth and archetype represent the universal aspirations and ideas of human. On the other hand، they represent religious experience and exposure to Holy Existence. On this basis، the mystical narratives are the basic vehicle for development and exposure of archetypes and myths. As for symbolism، and the significance of mystical narratives، necessary to interpret for understanding their texts and to obtain narrative functions، we have surveyed three authentic and effective texts of Attar`s Tazkarat-ol-Olya، Hojviri`s Kashf-ol-Mahjoob and Goshairieh’s Resaleh with mythology approach. Because the mystical narratives benefit from all components of the thought and culture sphere of human، especially archetype، we have reviewed، classified and decoded، according to the their texture، have archetypes such as tree، mountains، caves، animals، colors، cycle and center، the names and numbers in the mentioned three texts. This review illustrates that mystical narratives like other areas of human thought، benefit from myth and archetype to achieve its objectives and functions as one of the dominant elements. Based on these features، many mystical narratives use narrative folk or close to their structure. Archetype and myths explain religious experiences in mystical narratives، which are covered in symbolic forms. Although mythological elements have a bond with Holy Existence، they take distinctive color and odor to the mystical narratives، and describe and three stages of birth، death، and rebirth، and encounter with Holy Existence.