The Culture-maker Myths (The Link between Myths and Religious Characters in Panegyric Poem)

Panegyric poem is one of the most commonkinds of poems in Persian literature. It goes back to one thousand years ago. The panegyric poets in comparison with their predecessor have done many changes in form and content both. We witness a link between Panegyric poem and Iranian Myths. As an example the term of Shah (king) in combinations:“Shah-e- Mardan Ali”, Shah-e- Vellayat, Shah-e- Najaf or the prefix of Mehr (kindness) like Mehr Ali. The combinations that have been coined through history.Regarding Iranians tendency to their myths and also their respect to religious leaders, they gradually combine their myths to their religious characters. The word such as sun and its cognates are used as an epithet to respectable characters specially Imam Ali(as). Actually the myths have been saved historically in the unconscious part of nation’s mind. Illustrating of this issue is the main aim of authors here. These changes have been done in differnet aspects including myths and because of its mysterious function reveal as a cultural phenomenon.