Nane Sarma ( fa, ننه سرما, "Grandma Frost"), also known as Bibi Barfi ( fa, بی بی برفی, "Grandma Snow"), is a mythical character in
Iranian folklore
Iranian folklore encompasses the folk traditions that have evolved in Greater Iran.
Oral legends
Folktales
Storytelling has an important presence in Iranian culture. In classical Iran, minstrels performed for their audiences at royal courts and ...
. She is the wife of
Amu Nowruz, the "Uncle
Nowruz
Nowruz ( fa, نوروز, ; ), zh, 诺鲁孜节, ug, نەۋروز, ka, ნოვრუზ, ku, Newroz, he, נורוז, kk, Наурыз, ky, Нооруз, mn, Наурыз, ur, نوروز, tg, Наврӯз, tr, Nevruz, tk, Nowruz, ...
".
[http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach/curriculumplans/lessons/teacherplans Harvard University Middle Eastern Studies, Naneh Sarma]
In 2012, the first Iranian folktale of Nane Sarma was published in English, in the book ''Pomegranates and Roses: A Persian Love Story''.
See also
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Snegurochka
Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.
This character has no apparent roots in ...
, a related character in
Slavic countries
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
, except that she is depicted as the granddaughter of
Grandfather Frost
Ded Moroz (russian: Дед Мороз, ; Russian diminutive: russian: Дедушка Мороз, Dedushka Moroz, label=none; sk, Dedo Mráz; pl, Dziadek Mróz) or Morozko (russian: Морозко) is a legendary figure similar to Saint Nicho ...
, the local holiday gift-bringer.
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Deities and personifications of seasons
There are a number of deities associated with seasons and personifications of seasons in various mythologies, traditions, and fiction.
Winter
*Kheimon, from Greek kheima, a hora of winter, early ancient Greece
*Hiems, the Roman personification ...
References
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