Hero and Anti-Hero in Rustam Nameh Epic by Almas Khan Kandulei Kermanshahi

Almas Khan Kandulei Kermanshahi is an epic, native poet who’s epic and lyrical stories are in Guranian Kurdish and one of epic collections is Rustam Nameh concerning with Iran troops, Rustam head of group and devil troops by heading Zeus weird. This study aims to assign and analyze the hero character as well as anti-hero in epic of Rustam Nameh due to descriptive-analytical methods, it concluded that hero and anti-hero are the same in physical fighting, and tools and methods, but their goals are diabolical, because hero relies on metaphysical powers, to save the appetitive, fair, generosity, sympathy and braveness that is human’s requirement in all careers, but anti-hero is agent of evil, darkness, trickery, and enemy, besides, the poet sometimes, illustrates himself in illustrating hero personality, it is as if heroes of epic story are a covering means to express the human’s views of humanity of Almas Khan Kandulei Kermanshahi whose legends, the epic stories and customs.