Attar's The Conference of the Birds

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Attar's_The_Conference_of_the_Birds
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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 allegory
Sufi poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Attar's The Conference of the Birds
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