Attar's The Conference of the Birds

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:allegoricalMeaning	soul's quest for God
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Mantiq_al-Tayr
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Farid_ud-Din_Attar
gptkbp:contains	stories within stories
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:allegory Sufi poetry
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Sufism gptkb:Rumi
gptkbp:length	approximately 4500 lines
gptkbp:mainCharacter	birds hoopoe
gptkbp:mainTheme	gptkb:Sufism gptkb:spirituality
gptkbp:notableAdaptation	gptkb:Peter_Brook's_stage_play Sholeh Wolpé's translation
gptkbp:numberOfBirds	thirty
gptkbp:originalLanguage	gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:plotSummary	A group of birds, led by the hoopoe, journey to find the Simurgh.
gptkbp:setting	mythical lands
gptkbp:structure	gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:subject	unity with the divine mystical love self-annihilation
gptkbp:symbolizes	Simurgh represents God
gptkbp:translatedInto	gptkb:Edward_FitzGerald Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis
gptkbp:writtenBy	12th century
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Simurgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Attar's The Conference of the Birds