Prayer and Curse in Iranian, Indian, Greek, Assyrian and Babylonian Mythology

This study examines the prayers and those praised, the one who curses and the accursed, the content of prayer and curse and their related rituals in Iranian, Indian, Greek, Assyrian and Babylonian myths through a descriptive-analytical method based on library findings and reviewing all available translated sources. In the area of prayer, kings and gods have been the most targeted addressee, and most prayers have been for help and protection. In the curse section, most curses were seen in Indian mythology, and the most cursed were gods, goddesses, and mystics, and the content of most curses is demanding destruction and humiliation. In addition, our results show differences in the way demands are expressed in different myths; in some myths, people cry and beg, and in others, people boldly demand their needs

Keywords:

Myth , Prayer , Curse , Iran , India , Greece , Assyria , Babylon