The Myth of the Goddess of Water in the World and in Shahnameh

The present article focuses on different names for water from satanic, divine, and mythological aspects and its opposite elements of fire and soil. It also reviews religious rituals of people in ancient Iran, Zoroastrianism, and the Sassanid time. This article is a brief review of water rituals among Indians, Europeans, North American Indians, and Mexican Aztecs before the birth of the Christ. It also studies the influence of water in the following stories: Fereydoon, Rostam in the second labour, Siyavash, Kaykhosrow and his being purified with water, Esfandiyar rituals and the Raz water (wine), Afrasiyab and his futile effort to take refuge in water, the legend of Alexander and Khezr and the elixir, Ardashir Papagan’s approaching the sea, Shapur and his visit with mehrak, and Yazdgerd and his being cured with the water of the Su spring.