Mihrab (mythology)
Mihrāb (also Mehrāb and Michrab ) is in Persian mythology according to the traditions of the Shahname of Abū l-Qasem-e Ferdousī, ruler of Kabulistan and father of Rūdābeh . Mihrāb, married to Sindocht (Sīndoxt), is descended from Azhi Dahaka the Arab, but is tribute to Sam , a follower of Shah Manūtscher of Iran.
Mihrāb meets Zāl , Sam's son, and when asked by his daughter Rūdābeh portrays Zāl in such bright colors that she immediately falls in love with Zāl. Friedrich Rückert lets Mihrāb speak the following verses about Zāl in his translation of the Schahname:
“How he sits in the saddle and his hand leads
the bridle, there is no picture on the wall.
His heart and courage are like lions,
His two hands are like rivers.
Wherever he is enthroned, he may donate gold;
Death, where he fights, he may send out;
Extinguishing the dust with blood in the battlefield,
spraying the sword's crystal flood.
His cheek a purple blossom,
his age is young, his happiness, his heart.
...
When Rudabe heard the speech,
garnet blossom came on her cheeks.
Her heart was full of the
fire of love for Zal, and sleep and pleasure in eating passed away. "
literature
- Friedrich Rückert: Firdosi's Book of Kings (Schahname). Say I-XIII. 1890. Reprint: epubli GmbH, Berlin 2010, pp. 136-239.
- Werner Heiduczek: The most beautiful sagas from Firdausi's Book of Kings retold (based on Görres, Rückert and Schack). Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-7684-5525-4 , new print (Werner Daustein) Hanau undated, pp. 31-47 ( second book: Destan Zal ... marries Rodhabe ).