Samak the Ayyar : a tale of ancient Persia /

The adventures of Samak, a trickster-warrior hero of Persia's thousand-year-old oral storytelling tradition, are beloved in Iran. Samak is an ayyar, a warrior who comes from the common people and embodies the ideals of loyalty, selflessness, and honor, a figure that recalls samurai, ronin and k...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Mechner, Jordan (Adapter)
Other Authors:	Rassouli (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Tales > Iran. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics.