Vis and Ramin

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Vis and Ramin is a classic medieval Persian romantic epic, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential love stories in Persian literature.

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Vis and Ramin canonical 1
Vis o Ramin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian romantic epic poem ⓘ
love story ⓘ
medieval Persian literary work ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
centralTheme adultery ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
fate ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Persia ⓘ
culture Persian culture ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasAntagonistRole Mobad as rival husband ⓘ
hasAudience courtly and literary circles in medieval Persia ⓘ
hasCharacter Mobad ⓘ
hasForm rhymed verse ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Ramin ⓘ
Vis ⓘ
linked to: Vis a vis
hasMotive conflict between passion and social norms ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
secret love ⓘ
hasProtagonistRole Ramin is the male protagonist ⓘ
linked to: Ramin

Vis is the female protagonist ⓘ
influenced Nizami’s romantic tradition ⓘ
Persian love narratives ⓘ
later Persian romantic epics ⓘ
literarySignificance early model of Persian romantic narrative structure ⓘ
important source for comparative study of love epics ⓘ
literaryTradition Persian literature ⓘ
motif court intrigue ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
love triangle ⓘ
separation and reunion ⓘ
travel and exile ⓘ
narrativeFocus the illicit love between Vis and Ramin ⓘ
narrativeForm verse ⓘ
originalLanguage Middle Persian ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
partOf Persian epic and romantic canon ⓘ
period medieval era ⓘ
recognizedAs a classic of Persian literature ⓘ
an influential medieval romance ⓘ
one of the earliest Persian love stories ⓘ
setting courtly environment ⓘ
pre-Islamic Persia ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Iran
timeOfComposition medieval period ⓘ

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Persian literature → hasNotableWork → Vis and Ramin ⓘ
Iranian mythology → hasSourceText → Vis o Ramin ⓘ
linked to: Vis and Ramin