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[[File:Siyavush (The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp).png|200px|thumbnail|right|painting of Siyâvash in the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp]] | [[File:Siyavush (The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp).png|200px|thumbnail|right|painting of Siyâvash in the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp]] | ||
At the end he was innocently killed by the hand of the treacherous enemy. | At the end he was innocently killed by the hand of the treacherous enemy. | ||
According to the pre-Islamic texts, the mourning of Siyavash, called «Siyavohân», has been celebrated every year. Bassed on the texts, from the Siyavash’s blood that has been shed unjustly, a plant grows named «par-e-siavoshan»(maidenhair), which “no matter how many times they cut it, it just grows back again”. So Siyavash is also known as the symbol or vegetation deity. Even the name of Siyavash (the black man) is linked to the life and death of the vegetation deity, because the color of his face is the sign of his return from afterlife . Also the plant of «par-e-siyavoshan» is the sign of afterlife. | According to the pre-Islamic texts, the mourning of Siyavash, called «Siyavohân», has been celebrated every year. Bassed on the texts, from the Siyavash’s blood that has been shed unjustly, a plant grows named «par-e-siavoshan» (maidenhair), which “no matter how many times they cut it, it just grows back again”. So Siyavash is also known as the symbol or vegetation deity. Even the name of Siyavash (the black man) is linked to the life and death of the vegetation deity, because the color of his face is the sign of his return from afterlife . Also the plant of «par-e-siyavoshan» is the sign of afterlife. Afterlife could be considered the same as the Greek underworld; Hades. | ||
After of arrival of Islam in Iran, Siyavash remained in the Islamic-Iranian culture, and was reproduced in the status of new legends including Imam-Hussein. | After of arrival of Islam in Iran, Siyavash remained in the Islamic-Iranian culture, and was reproduced in the status of new legends including Imam-Hussein. | ||
In the pop culture, he has been compared to Joseph for his chastity, and to Iranian martyrs, because of the defense of the homeland, innocence and being killed innocently. | In the pop culture, he has been compared to Joseph for his chastity, and to Iranian martyrs, because of the defense of the homeland, innocence and being killed innocently. | ||