In Search of Sun in Alexander’s Narrative Scroll

Alexander’s narrative scroll is one of the famous works in folk literature that has recreated the history of Alexander’s by using myths, historical events and their time beliefs. The last part of this work, Amir Kabir's departure in search of sun, offers a different reading of the immortality of symbolic expression. Deep structure of this part shares the common feature with historical narrative of Alexander’s attack on Iran. This research has tried to scrutinize and analyze the figures and references of this section, explaining the association of symbols with the historical narrative of Alexander's attack on Iran. The author has applied Jung's analytical approach in psychology in the case of Iranian collective beliefs on Alexander attack