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A field study in regions which have stayed intact demonstrates that mythical beliefs are still alive after centuries and continue to live with some changes. Such beliefs are interwoven in the people’s everyday lives and effect all their dimensions to a degree that one hardly can discern them from each other. The authors’ field studies demonstrate that in Kohmarreh-Sorkhi region shows that a part of the people’s mythical beliefs in this old area have stayed unchanged. This region is one of the richest resources of myths and ancient beliefs in the Iranian plateau with string connections with myths and old beliefs of the Iranian and Mesopotamian peoples. In this article we have tried to examine a part of these beliefs in terms of the myth of fertilization and the fests of water in three sections: the historical background of Kohmarreh-Sorkhi region; the myth of fertilization; 3) the fests of water. Its worthy to mention that we have also tried to figure out the probable similarities among these myths and myths of Iran or other cultures.
Received: 2015/05/20 | Accepted: 2015/12/6 | Published: 2016/05/21