The Mythical and Superhuman Features of the Beloved in Persian Fairy Tales

Myth is a kind of story in which there are gods, goddesses, and divine beings. It also refers to a narrative at the beginning of the time. Fairy tale, on the other hand, is a kind of myth in which we deal with the transcendental beings such as demons, fairies, as well as amazing events. Their relation with the mythological narratives is another feature of such stories. As fairy tales have similar structure to that of the mythological stories, this study aims to investigate the similarities between the characters in the fairy tales and myths.