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Fertility myths are one of the most important and repetitive types of myths of the nations in the world, which describe the fate of "martyred vegetable god", "hero / god dragon", and "hero / evil-killer god" and is usually an allegory of the death and life of nature. It is also the change of seasons. The mythological beliefs, while spreading among the people, are also accumulated in the collective subconscious of the people; therefore, myths - created by the general public - are a good means for the reflection of fertility myths in different eras. So, in this article, a descriptive and comparative method examines the reflection of fertility myths in 140 legends belonging to the provinces of Chaharmahal. And Bakhtiari, Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad. The aim of the present study is to achieve the mythical patterns of fertility crystallized in the legends of the mentioned provinces. The findings show that the patterns of "martyred vegetable god" are reflected in 14 myths, "hero / god of dragons" in 9 myths, and "hero / evil-killer god" in 30 myths. The reproductive myths have been transformed into myths influenced by religious issues and the change of the patriarchal discourse to patriarchy.

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The present study was conducted to investigate the chemical composition of the Caper flower and flower buds essential oil in two harvesting stages of before and after sunrise. Harvesting of perennial plants in July 2017 was carried out on wilding specimens at Imamzadeh Jafar Research Farm in Gachsaran City. Essence of the samples of the Clevenger apparatus were extracted and the essential oils were identified by GC / MS. In the study of the chemical composition of Capparis spinosa L. flower and flower buds essential oil in two harvesting periods, it was determined that generally, the essential oil of flowers after sunrise, flower buds before sunrise, flowers opened before sunrise, and flowers opened after sunrise contain 30, 20, 27 and 7 chemical compositions respectively.
Isobutyl isothiosyanate was found in all essential oil samples. There were 17 compositions in flower and flower buds samples after sunrise. The results showed that carvacrol in the harvested samples in flower and flower buds essential oil after sunrise was the dominant composition. In general, the isothiocyanate and terpene compositions are the dominant components in all specimens. The results showed that in samples after sunrise, the amount of essential oil composition is higher than that before sunrise, which is due to the presence of light and heat that causes changes in essential oil composition