An ancient dynasty of hero-kings of Persia (Iran) recorded in the Avesta and the Shahnama. See also Kayani, Gakhars Sir Galahad, a hero of Arthurian legend In mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female) is an eminent character who quintessentially embodies key traits valued by its originating culture. ... Persia can refer to: the Western name for Iran. ... See Avesta Municipality for the Swedish town Yasna 28. ... Shahnameh Shahnameh Scenes from the Shahnameh carved into reliefs at Tus, where Ferdowsi is buried. ... Kayani (also Keyani and Kiani and other simular spellings) is both a title and family name (eg. ... // The British Raj and the Gakhars The Gakhars are by far the most interesting clan and are essentially the gentlemen and aristocracy of the (Rawalpindi) district. ...
These are the pre-Goshtaspian parts of the Kayanian cycle, as celebrated by Ferdowsi in his ˆa@h-na@ma; the romantic epic, Vis o Ra@min, in the version by Gorga@ni; and the story of Be@‘an o Mane@‘a (see beàûan), which was probably by origin an independent romantic lay, known to Ferdowsi from an old Pahlavi (i.e., Mid.
In lays concerning the Kayanians, there was also a religious element, with these Avestan figures being seen as the forbears of Zoroaster's patron, Wiæta@sp (see GOˆTAÚSP), and as accompanied by the royal glory (see FARR(AH)), which the Parthians believed was then attending their own Arsacid kings.
But comparisons of later versions of Kayanian tales with brief allusions in the yaæts suggest that much had been lost by the time these ancient traditions reached the Parthian go@sa@ns, and that the materials had worn a little thin, though enough remained to stir the imagination and gratify both religious and patriotic feelings.
The core of this poetry belongs to a heroic age of remote antiquity, that of the Kayanians.
As the major concern of the Kayanians, this bitter, never-ending feud with the Turanians constitutes the main theme of the Iranian epic.
As time went by and the history of the Arsacids was also lost to the people, their legends, together with other myths and legends of eastern Iran (notably those of the house of Rostam of Seistan) were mingled with Kayanian legends and woven into the fabric of the national saga.
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