Wise Lord of the Sky : Persian Myth

by Allan, Tony; Phillips, Charles; Kerrigan, Michael; Duncan Baird Publishers

• ISBN13: 9780705436335
• ISBN10: 0705436330
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests.

Table of Contents

The Persian World	6	(26)
Empires of the Sand	8	(14)
Picture Essay: Echoes of Empire	22	(4)
Legends of the Early World	26	(24)
The Valleys of Creation	28	(2)
War at the Heart of Existence	30	(2)
The Goddess and the Warrior	32	(2)
The Gods of Ritual	34	(2)
The First Earthly Kings	36	(2)
Years of Peace and Plenty	38	(4)
A Perfect Prince Beguiled	42	(2)
The Slayer of Demons	44	(4)
Picture Essay: The Bounty of Paradise	48	(2)
The Flames of Wisdom	50	(22)
The Birth of Zoroaster	52	(4)
Forces of Good and Evil	56	(4)
Tales of Creation	60	(4)
The Division of Animals	64	(2)
Visions of the Afterlife	66	(2)
Evil Vanquished	68	(2)
Picture Essay: Patterns of Perfection	70	(2)
The Epic of the Kings	72	(38)
Zal the White-Haired Prince	74	(2)
The Boyhood of Rustam	76	(4)
Sohrab and Rustam	80	(4)
An Ill-Starred Prince	84	(4)
The Battle with Akvan	88	(2)
The Wars Between Iran and Turan	90	(4)
Kay Khusrow's Final Victory	94	(2)
Valorous Isfandiyar	96	(4)
The Death of Rustam	100	(2)
Sikander the World Conqueror	102	(4)
A Dream of Kingdoms	106	(2)
Picture Essay: Magic from the Sky	108	(2)
Land of the Story-Tellers	110	(24)
The Book of 1,000 Tales	112	(2)
The Quest for a Distant Lover	114	(2)
Weaving Tales of Wonder	116	(2)
Prince Ahmed and the Peri Banu	118	(2)
The Envious Sisters	120	(2)
The Captured Bride	122	(2)
The Minstrel Tradition	124	(4)
How Chess Came to Persia	128	(2)
Love Lost and Found	130	(4)
The Persian Legacy	134
Glossary and Index	138
Further Reading and Picture Credits	144