Paristan

In Persian cosmology, Paristan or Pariestan (Persian: پریستان‎ Pariyestân, Paristân, "Land of the Peris"; also Koh-i-Qaf or Qafkuh) is the home of peris.

For the film, see Paristan (film).
The Caucasus Mountains, traditional location of Paristan

Muslim folklore

Although originating in pre-Islamic Persian literature, peris and Paristan were adopted in the wider Middle Eastern folklore and, through the spread of Islamic culture eastward, in the Muslim mythology of Central and South Asia. With peris being identified as benevolent (often female ) jinn in early Quran translations into Persian,[1] Paristan became what can be fairly compared with the fairyland/elfame of European folklore.

Mount Qaf

The alternative name Koh-i-Qaf or Qafkuh "Mount Qaf" was used by Persians both as the name of a legendary mountain and for the "strange" and unknown territory of the Caucasus Mountains which marked the extent of their knowledge and influence.[2]

Inhabitants of the land are depicted as young beautiful fair females with golden hair and light eyes. This was probably a reference to the actual people living in the Caucasus region and the historical Indo-European people such as the warrior women of the Sarmatians, Scythians, Massageteans, and Alans.

gollark: If you do serious computering™, you'll probably write shell scripts then perl then ??? at some point.
gollark: If you do serious programming™, you will at some point end up encountering apioids which force you to learn computers more.
gollark: I think there's some correlation, though.
gollark: This is what I am saying, partly, yes.
gollark: Except cookies, that seems quite intuitively obvious? People talk about both of those in other contexts.

See also

References
  1. Hughes, Patrick; Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1995). Dictionary of Islam. ISBN 9788120606722.
  2. كوه قاف در اسطوره و عرفان ايراني Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
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