Talk:Kurdish mythology

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The link to Abraham as a kurdish can be cited by the hurrian and hittites connection to the oldest groups of the bible, or what we call the three patriarchs. because the hurrian may have connection to the kurds, and they have connection to the place/culture of abraham. there are academic articles sugesting the connection of abraham to hurrians/hittites/harran. yoel.132.64.31.100 (talk) 00:22, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Two more sources (from the AfD)

David McDowall's A Modern History of the Kurds (I. B. Tauris, 2004) states "Various myths exist concerning Kurdish origins. The myth that the Kurds are descended from children hidden in the mountains to escape Zahhak, a child-eating giant, links them mystically with 'the mountain' and also implies, since the myth refers to children rather than one couple, that they may not all be of one origin. A similar story suggests that they are descended from the children of slave girls of King Solomon, sired by a demon named Jasad, and driven by the angry king into the mountains. Another myth claims the Prophet Abraham's wife Sarah was a Kurd, a native of Harran, and thus validates Kurdish identity within the mainstream of monotheism. There is a danger of outsiders dismissing such myths as worthless; they are valuable tools in nation building, however dubious historically, because they offer a common mystical identity, exclusive to the Kurdish people."

Kurdish Oral Literature (ed. Philip Kreyenbroek, 2010) tells the story of Kawe the blacksmith connected to Shahname and the myth of Newroz.

I don't feel qualified to judge these sources but they appear relevant. Chiswick Chap (talk) 05:41, 21 December 2015 (UTC)