Attar's approach to “Jahan Nama Cup” Myth

Myth and mysticism are both cultural areas of Iran. These two areas have one thing in common: both specific mental spaces, generally beliefs, create for their believers, reveal their symbolic characteristics, and use narrative literature. In this way, it is possible to combine the two, and in the poems of some mystical poets of Iran, mythical concepts have been used. One of these poets is Farid al-Din Attar Neyshabouri, who was able to use myth to express his concepts. Among these themes is the myth of the World Cup, which is widely seen in the mythical texts of Iran and other parts of the world, and is associated with other characters and symbols. In this research, which was done by descriptive and analytical method and its purpose was to identify this myth and its related narrations and meanings in Attar's works, it was found that Attar, with full knowledge of the mythical text, understood the concepts, meanings and characters related to this theme in He has used his poems in such a way that the poets before and after him have not been able to have a symbolic and allegorical use of it in this way.