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	Iranica.com - GOÚSAÚN
		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.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v11f2/v11f2048.html (2553 words)

	Iransaga - Epic Literature of Ancient Iran
		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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	Epic Literature of Ancient Iran Persian Journal Latest Iran News, news Tehran Iranian News persian news web site sport ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Parthian period itself saw the resurgence of a second heroic age, and the Arsacid princes and some of their vassal lords became the focus of a number of adventure tales; in the hands of the minstrels (Khonyagars) these tales eventually became legend.
		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 Sistan) were mingled with Kayanian legends and woven into the fabric of the national saga.
		It is hard to say to what extent the linear systematization of the heroic cycles was created by the gosans, guided by their narrative instincts, and to what extent created through a conscious effort of the Sassanid compilers.
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	IRANIAN MYTHOLOGY: ESFANDÎÂR - (CAIS at SOAS) ©
		Wištâsp), Kayanian prince of Iranian legendary history and hero of Zoroastrian holy wars, best known for his tragic combat with Rostam, the mightiest warrior of Iranian national epic.
		According to sources, Esfandîâr was the eldest son and crown prince of Goštâsp and a grandson of Lohrâsp; he thus belonged to the second cycle of the Kayanian dynasty (Yarshater, pp.
		The Saka stories featuring the house of Zâl appear to have been combined, in the course of time, with the Kayanian legends of the Avestan people, most probably gradually in the long period between Alexander and the Sasanians, assisted by the spread of Zoroastrian religion among the Sakas (cf.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Mythology/esfandiyar.htm (6072 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1332 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Other dates have likewise been assigned to Zoroaster by modern scholars ; but sound criticism compels us to come to the conclusion that it is quite impossible to determine the time at which he lived.
		All we learn from the Zendavesta is that he was the subject of a king named Gushtasp, who belonged to the dynasty of the Kavja, or as they are called in the modern Persian, the Kayanians.
		The history of the dynasty has come down to us in a mutilated form ; but it would appear that the kings of this race reigned in eastern Iran, and more particularly Bactria, at a period anterior to that of the Median and Persian kings.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3666.html (983 words)

	Iranica.com - FARR(AH)
		21-89), thus provides a significant synthesis of sacred history, the principal subject of which is the xúar™nah- of the Kayanian dynasty (for kauui- as the dynastic surname of a family whose home was in S^sta@n, see Gershevitch, 1959, pp.
		In the religious syncretism of the Hellenistic period the Kayanian idea of xúar™nah- was soon mingled with that of royal fortune (Cumont, 1899, I, pp.
		Although the former had been present in the Achaemenid concept of charismatic kingship, it had not been central; in fact, it is not mentioned in the Achaemenid inscriptions, of which the focal point is the divine investiture of the king "by the favor of Ahura Mazda@" (vaœna@ Auramazda@ha), probably of Mesopotamian origin (Gnoli, 1974, pp.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v9f3/v9f379.html (4808 words)

	The Bundahishn ("Creation"), or Knowledge from the Zand: chapters 24-28
		The demon-Taromat [is he who] produces disobedience; the demon Mitrokht is the liar (drojan) of the evil spirit; the demon Arashk ('malice') is the spiteful fiend of the evil eye.
		Theirs are the same appliances as the demon Eshm's, as it says that seven powers are given to Eshm, that he may utterly destroy the creatures therewith; with those seven powers he will destroy seven of the Kayanian heroes in his own time, but one will remain.
		The demon Vizaresh is he who struggles with the souls of men which have departed, those days and nights when they remain in the world; he carries them on, terror-stricken, and sits at the gate of hell.
	www.avesta.org /pahlavi/bund24.html (3317 words)

	Dinkart, Book 9
		And, owing to the seductiveness of Eshm, and the other demons who remained his co-operators for that undoing, Kay-Us was even engaged in opposing and molesting the sacred beings.
		Afterwards, the creator's calling back the glory of the Kayanians to himself, the falling of the troops of Kay-Us to the earth from that height, and the flying of Kay-Us to the wide-formed ocean [20].
		K omits 'of the Kayanians.' It is the royal glory of Yt.19, which descended from heaven and accompanies the faithful rulers and champions of the religion, successively (see Chap.
	irantarikh.com /persia/dinkrd91.htm (8806 words)

	GENEALOGY OF ZARATHUSTRA: by Dr. Purviz Dinyar Kolsawalla
		He had the Glory (Khoreh) of Kayanians and Ahura Mazda.
		In his Kehrpa there was the full intelligence of Nine Gena and his Fravashi was in close contact with the Yazatas and the Khoreh of Yazatas was spread throughout his Aipee.
		His Aipee had the Holiness of Nine Gena as well as the Kayanian Khoreh and that Khoreh is called HAVOVI.
	tenets.zoroastrianism.com /zgen33.html (1475 words)

	Avesta713 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		And of these seven regions every benefit was created most in Khvaniras, and the evil spirit also produced most for Khvaniras, on account of the superiority (sarih) which he saw in it.
		For the Kayanians and heroes were created in Khvaniras; and the good religion of the Mazdayasnians was created in Khvaniras, and afterwards conveyed to the other regions; Soshyans is born in Khvaniras, who makes the evil spirit impotent, and causes the resurrection and future existence.
		I will mention them also a second time; Alburz is around this earth and is connected with the sky.
	www.mythome.org /Avesta713.html (2411 words)

	Iranians & Turanians in the Avesta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Avesta tells us of the earlier ruling dynasty, what the later histories call, the Pishdadians (Avestan Paradhâta, meaning "Primitive Establishment." The next are the Kayanians, the "Kavi" dynasty.
		In Avesta and Sanskrit, "Kavi" means "sage, intelligent, eloquent." The rule by a "Kavi" king was a great departure from the rule of a sheer warrior of a king.
		The "Mighty Mazda-given Kayanian Glory," the Glory, with which Ahura Mazda created the universe very good, beautiful, splendid, fresh, and shining, shines over the head of every king and hero as well as Zarathushtra.
	www.zoroastrian.org /articles/Iran_Turan_in_Avesta.htm (3249 words)

	The Indo-Iranian Homeland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is significant because an ancestor of this king, AbhyAvartin CAyamAna, is identified in VI.27.8 as a PArthava (Parthian).
		In later times, it is the Parthian kings who were the loudest and most persistent in their claims to being descendants of the Kayanians.
		The DAsas of the Rigveda are opposed to the Aryas: since the word Arya refers to PUrus in general and the Bharatas in particular, the word DAsa should logically refer to non-PUrus in general and the Anus (or Iranians) in particular.
	www.bharatvani.org /books/rig/ch6.htm (13251 words)

	History of Iran: The Karnamak-e Ardeshir-e Papakan
		So Artabanus sent for soldiers and provisions from different frontiers, such as Rai [near Tehran, the Arsacid capital], Demavand [the mountain range near Rai], Delman [modern Gilan], and Patash-khvargar [an offshoot of the Aparsen Range].
		But as the Glory of the Kayanians was with Ardashir, the latter gained success.
		He killed Artabanus, whose entire wealth and property fell into the hands of Ardashir, who married Artabanus's daughter, and went back to Pars.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/sassanids/karnamak_ardeshir_papakan2.php (2137 words)

	AH Challenge: Byzantium AND Ottomans Survive - AlternateHistory.com Discussion Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The odd thing about the Achaemenids is they don't figure much in the historiography of the Sassanians.
		The Arsacids and the Sassanians tended to derive their authority from the Kayanians, the legendary rulers of the Iranians, who reputedly came from Sistan, a region straddling today's Afghanistan and Iran.
		These Kayanians are portrayed as the defenders of the Iranians against the Turanians (later identified with the Turks), so it is unlikely that a Turkic dynasty would look to them for legitimacy.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?t=8002 (3014 words)

	The Bundahishn ("Creation"), or Knowledge from the Zand
		Regarding the river Nahvtak it says, that Frasiyav of Tur conducted it away; and when Hoshedar comes it will flow again suitable for horses; so, also, will the fountains: of the sea Kyansih.
		Kyansih is the one where the home (jinak) of the Kayanian race is.
		I will mention them also a second time: Lake Chechast is in Ataro-patakan, warm is the water and opposed to harm, so that nothing whatever is living in it, and its source is connected with the wide-formed ocean.
	worldebooklibrary.com /eBooks/WorldeBookLibrary.com/bundahishn.htm (15660 words)

	Bha_ratam Janam: building a ra_s.t.ra from settlements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This legend, born of a misunderstanding, is unknown in the religious tradition, for the true significance of the name Draft e Kavyan was 'the royal flag'." (Arthur Christensen, 1993, The Kayanians (Les Kayanides), Eng.
		The Sanskrit equivalent of Draft is drapsa; and of kavyan is kavi.
		The kavi or the smith becomes the political leader as exemplified by the Kayanians (or Kayanides) of the Avestan tradition.
	www.hindunet.org /saraswati/vratya.htm (11764 words)

	Scriptures of Zoroastrianism, Shayest 7
		Ashishwangh [Ard] the beautiful, is the resplendent glory of the Kayanians.
		May destiny give thee a helper he is the guardian of the celestial sphere for all these archangels whose names I have brought forward, may he be thy helper at all times, in every good work and duty!
		may his be every pleasure and joy, and every glory of the Kayanians, through the will of the persistent Ohrmazd!
	www.hinduwebsite.com /sacredscripts/zoroscripts/shayes20.htm (1265 words)

	Karnamik-I-Ardashir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Artabanus asked the high-priest: "What does that eagle which accompanied them on the horse indicate?" The high-priest replied as follows: "May you be immortal!
		It is the Majesty of the Kayanians which reaches Ardashir; it is not possible to get hold of him by any such means, so thereafter you and your horsemen should not take any more pains, nor fatigue the horses any further and kill them; but you should seek means of a different kind against Ardashir."
		When Artabanus heard such advice, he turned back and came to his capital.
	www.earth-history.com /Persian/pers-karnamik.htm (5299 words)

	Asian Prophecy - 2
		"’And I, the creator Ohrmazd, send Neryosang the angel and Srosh the righteous unto Kangdezh, which the illustrious Siyavarshan formed, and to Chitro-miyan son of Vishtasp, the glory of the Kayanians, the just restorer of the religion, to speak thus: ‘Walk forth, O illustrious Peshotan!
		O Chitro-miyan son of Vishtasp, glory of the Kayanians, just restorer of the religion!
		Walk forth to these countries of Iran which I, Ohrmazd, created!
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /profecias/esp_profecia01f2.htm (4096 words)

	Rome vs. The Golden Horde [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After three days of fruitlessly trailing Ardashir, Artabanus asked the high priest what he ought to do.
		In answer, Artabanus was told he could not reach Ardashir the Majesty of the Kayanians was with Ardashir.
		Artabanus should not tire his horses but seek a wider war against Pars.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-61656.html (18574 words)

	Alibris: Firdawsi
		The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
		Written in the 10th century by Firdawsi, the Shanhanma is the national epic poem of Persia, which chronicles the reigns and feats of the earliest Persian kings of four dynasties -- the Pishdadians, Kayanians, Ashkanians, and Sasanians.
		Illustrated with early Persian paintings depicting the events as they unfold, this edition presents in easily...
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