The morphology of imagination in the Malakoot by Bahram Sadeghi based on the Gilbert Durand theory

The imagination creates a vast field in the mind of the storyteller which leads to his creativity and artistic expression. the main theme of horror stories is imagination. Malakoot (1961) by Bahram Sadeghi of these novels is the element of imagination in it has a special place. Sadeghi is working on this work to use fear of unknowns and nightmares as well as creating a sense of hatred and panic among the characters in the story, the excitement of the reader increases. this research is based on descriptive-analytic method and by referring to the system of imagination of the Gilbert Durand in search of the discovery of the symbols of fantasy in this work. results show that extensive presence of death and summoning jinn and evil characters throughout the Malakoot's novel, it shows that fear of time a superior position in this work. this is in the negative context of the story and consequently, highlighting the Regime daytime of imaginary (90%) has a lot of work. highlights of imagination in this work respectively: Nycotomorphes (50%), Theriomorphes (25%) and Catamorphes (15%).