Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Shahmaran" in English language version.
[...] despite thousands of years of monotheist Islamic pressure, [Shaymaran's] image and myth, transmitted from generation to generation, and continues to be part of Kurdish home and everyday life. [...] Kurds have not stopped painting, engraving, printing, and embroidering her image or displaying it on their walls.
... serpent queen Shāhmārān, a character originating in Turkic or Indo-Iranian folklore.
... serpent queen Shāhmārān, a character originating in Turkic or Indo-Iranian folklore.
Furthermore, the serpent was, and still is, considered a symbol of good fortune and power among Kurdish people and the "image of Shahmaran (the queen of the serpents) is depicted on glass or metal work, seen hung on walls even today".Accessed 14 May 2023.
Yet, regarding the collective cultural elements shared in the Middle East in general, and in Kurdistan in particular, the image of Shahmaran stands out as the most likely manifestation of the lost feminine archetype, or the Mother Earth. She is a powerful mythical figure in the region, and her image also appears on every traditional rural dwelling in the Kurdish prairie as a part of their collective culture and identity through the ages.
[...] despite thousands of years of monotheist Islamic pressure, [Shaymaran's] image and myth, transmitted from generation to generation, and continues to be part of Kurdish home and everyday life. [...] Kurds have not stopped painting, engraving, printing, and embroidering her image or displaying it on their walls.
Furthermore, the serpent was, and still is, considered a symbol of good fortune and power among Kurdish people and the "image of Shahmaran (the queen of the serpents) is depicted on glass or metal work, seen hung on walls even today".Accessed 14 May 2023.
Yet, regarding the collective cultural elements shared in the Middle East in general, and in Kurdistan in particular, the image of Shahmaran stands out as the most likely manifestation of the lost feminine archetype, or the Mother Earth. She is a powerful mythical figure in the region, and her image also appears on every traditional rural dwelling in the Kurdish prairie as a part of their collective culture and identity through the ages.
[...] despite thousands of years of monotheist Islamic pressure, [Shaymaran's] image and myth, transmitted from generation to generation, and continues to be part of Kurdish home and everyday life. [...] Kurds have not stopped painting, engraving, printing, and embroidering her image or displaying it on their walls.
