The Mythical Goddesses in Folktales

Some folktales have a mythic origin. In these tales, characters and events are based on a myth, and an ancient belief. One of these myths is "the goddesses". Their holiness, importance and their various characteristics have the capacity to create remarkable, variant themes in myths. In this article, the descriptive-analytic method is used as the research method. First, the mythological character of the goddess is introduced under these three titles: “The Mother Goddess”, “The Wife of Martyr” and “Anahita”. Then, their impacts on the folktales, and the way they are represented in these stories are investigated. In order to do so, “Qessehaye Amiyaneye Farsi” by Seyyed Abolghasem Enjavi Shirazi, and “Afsanehaye Azarbayjan” by Samad Behrangi have been examined.