Comparative Study of Mythical Manifestation and Application of Water in Shahnameh and Iliad

Natural sceneries are main and common theme to explain and depict in world and Iran myths which the poets have the deepest and nicest relationship with them. "Water" is one of the nature's manifestations which has been talked about and discussed in different nation's myths; the heroes have always been confronted with it. Water manifests variously in "Shahnameh" and "Iliad"; according to different natural geographical conditions, most of the natural sceneries in Shahnameh are dry lands and in Iliad in immeasurable waters and seas. But both poets had enjoyed similar depictions and explanations in order to strengthen the relationship with the reader and make it more believable.