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Mount Damāvand ((ペルシア語:دماوند) ), a potentially active volcano, is a stratovolcano which is the highest peak in Iran and the Middle East as well as the highest volcano in Asia (the Kunlun Volcanic Group in Tibet has a higher elevation than Damāvand, but are not considered to be volcanic mountains).〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=PersiaPort )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=volcanodiscovery.com )〕 It has a special place in Persian mythology and folklore. This peak is located in the middle of the Alborz range, adjacent to ''Varārū'', ''Sesang'', ''Gol-e Zard'' and ''Mīānrūd''. The mountain is located near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, in Amol County, Mazandaran Province, 66 kilometres (41 miles) northeast of the city of Tehran.〔Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation〕 ==Symbolism and mythology== Damavand is a significant mountain in Persian mythology. It is the symbol of Iranian resistance against despotism and foreign rule in Persian poetry and literature. In Zoroastrian texts and mythology, the three-headed dragon Aži Dahāka was chained within Mount Damāvand, there to remain until the end of the world. In a later version of the same legend, the tyrant Zahhāk was also chained in a cave somewhere in Mount Damāvand after being defeated by Kāveh and Fereydūn. Persian poet Ferdowsi depicts this event in his masterpiece, the ''Shahnameh'': بیاورد ضحاک را چون نوند به کوه دماوند کردش ببند ''He brings Zahhak, himself a mountain'' ''to the peak of Damavand and binds his neck.'' The mountain is said to hold magical powers in the ''Shahnameh''. Damāvand has also been named in the Iranian legend of Arash as the location he fired his arrow to mark the Iran border. The famous poem Damāvand by Mohammad Taqī Bahār is also one fine example of the mountain's significance in Persian literature. The first verse of this poem reads: ای دیو سپید پای در بند Ay dīve sepīde pāī dar band, ''Oh white giant with feet in chains'' ای گنبد گیتی، ای دماوند Ay gonbade gītī, ay Damāvand ''Oh dome of the world, Oh Mount Damāvand'' Mount Damavand is depicted on the reverse of the Iranian 10,000 rials banknote.〔(Central Bank of Iran ). Banknotes & Coins: (10000 Rials ). – Retrieved on 24 March 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Damavand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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