Abstract
Sky and celestial phenomena has long been caused men's surprise, and has couraged humans to unravel the mysteries and secrets of the beauties hidden in it. The vast expanse of sky, incredible beauty of the stars, the glow of the moon, sunrise and sunset, all these things gradually increased the sense of interest and curiosity in mankind so that its manifestation can be seen in many artistic works. Among numerous astronomical elements, the sun moon is one of the planets which have had a beautiful reflection in poetry. Among the poets who had a special look at the moon, we can name three great Persian poets: Naser Khosro Ghobadiani, Anvari and Nezami. And also because of the fact that fifth and sixth century were two of the most productive periods in Persian literature, and Isfahan, Khorasan, Aran and Azarbayejan were regarded as the main centers of poetry and literature of these periods, that’s why in this article moon's manifestation has been studied in the poems of these three poets who lived in fifth and sixth centuries. This paper aims to detect, analyze, and compare various aspects of moon based on ancient astronomy in Naser Khosro, Anvari and Nezami's poems. To achieve this purpose, first the word astronomy science, astrology, and its manifestation in Persian poetry has been studied in brief. Then moon, locations of the moon and its different manifestation in the poems of these three poets have been shown, analyzed and compared. The results of this study shows that moon had been shown in the poets of all these three poets in different forms such as showing moon in its twelve towers, cancer, Taurus, and folk beliefs about moon, eclipses.
Highlights
Attention to sky and celestial phenomena caused men's surprise and couraged them to unravel the mysteries and secrets of the beauties hidden in them
The vast expanse of sky, incredible beauty of stars, the glow of moon, sunset and sunrise gradually increased the sense of interest and curiosity in mankind so that its manifestation can be seen in many artistic and literary works of the world, so that many of the poets and writers all over the world reflects the beauties of sky and astronomy in their works
Naser Khosro, Anvari and Nezami, all lived in fifth and sixth century, a period which can be assumed as golden ages of poetry and literature in Iran
Summary
Attention to sky and celestial phenomena caused men's surprise and couraged them to unravel the mysteries and secrets of the beauties hidden in them. "Ancient people predicted climate change, wind, earthquakes, lunar eclipse, eclipse, rain and...by their observations and their personal experiences through centuries, doing this they have formed a set of rules which were transferred generation to generation to reach us today. In any case, these ideas are common knowledge and folklore culture; they have a very important situation in anthropology because their roots are in wisdom, talent, and the accuracy of the folklore. We mean those opinions and beliefs that ancient people have had about stars, celestial bodies, and their effects on their lives and on the elements of nature: such as the belief that sunlight cause the creation of gems like garnet and amethyst
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