افسانه های ایرانی 1: افسانه های پریان فارسی 1404

The human imagination is a magical labyrinth, a maze that absorbs every element it encounters and transforms it through play. Anything that finds its way into this strange and wondrous maze no longer resembles what it once was. Another remarkable quality of imagination is its contagious nature—the creation born in one person’s mind, once it takes flight, quickly finds a new host in another’s imagination. This fantastic journey continues through countless minds until it leaves its mark upon the fabric of real life.
This mischievous bird is what we call a legend—a fantastical creature that has traveled through the ages and built an identity of its own. One can no longer deny its existence or ignore its presence. At times, it intertwines with truth and reality, weaving a bridge between imagination and fact.

The older a civilization, the more ancient its mythical bird becomes. Thus, it is easy to imagine that in the skies of a land as old and deeply rooted as Iran, thousands of these enchanted birds of legend soar, casting the spell of their tales into receptive minds. One such luminous and imaginative mind belongs to Mohammad Ghasemzadeh, a distinguished figure in the realm of research and writing.

Through extensive study, he has authored the work Iranian Legends, in which he gathers and retells famous mythical stories, capturing them from the beak of this playful bird and setting them upon the page for readers to experience.
From his eight-volume series Iranian Legends, published by Hirmand Publications, the first volume, titled The Fairy Tales, now invites readers into this rich and timeless world of imagination.