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{{Short description|Home of parīs in Persian cosmology}}
{{About||other uses|Paristan (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:"Kazbegi",_Panoramic_view_of_Mount_Kazbek_(Mqinvartsveri)_range,_Caucasus,_Georgia.jpg|350px|thumb|The [[Caucasus Mountains]], traditional location of Paristan]]

In [[Persian mythology|Persian cosmology]], '''Paristan''' ({{langx|fa|[[wikt:پریستان|پریستان]]}} {{Transliteration|fa|Parīstān}}, {{lit|land of the ''[[parī]]''s}}; also '''Koh-i-Qaf''' or '''Qafkuh''') is the home of ''[[parī]]''s, which are supernatural beings originating from [[Persian mythology|Persian tales]] and wider Asian folklore that are described as winged creatures of immense beauty.<ref>{{cite web |title=POGAL PARISTAN : THE LAND OF FAIRIES |url=https://travelthehimalayas.com/kiki/pogal-paristan-the-land-of-fairies |website=Himalayan Wonders |publisher=Himalayan Wonders}}</ref>

==Muslim folklore==
Although originating in pre-Islamic Persian literature, ''parī''s and Paristan were adopted in the wider [[Middle Eastern]] folklore and, through the spread of Islamic culture eastward, in the Muslim mythology of [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[South Asia]]. With ''parī''s being identified as benevolent (often female) [[jinn]] in early Quran translations into Persian,<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O84eYLVHvB0C&q=Piris |title = Dictionary of Islam|isbn = 9788120606722|last1 = Hughes|first1 = Patrick|last2 = Hughes|first2 = Thomas Patrick|year = 1995}}</ref> Paristan became what can be fairly compared with the [[fairyland|fairyland/elfame]] of [[European folklore]].

==Mount Qaf==
The alternative name ''Koh-i-Qaf'' or ''Qafkuh'' "[[Mount Qaf]]" was used by Persians both as the name of a legendary mountain and for the "strange" and unknown territory of the [[Caucasus Mountains]] which marked the extent of their knowledge and influence.<ref>[http://www.naghashi.blogfa.com/post-43.aspx كوه قاف در اسطوره و عرفان ايراني] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219041846/http://naghashi.blogfa.com/post-43.aspx |date=2009-02-19 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Parī]]
* [[Fairy]]

==References==
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[[Category:Jinn-related places]]
[[Category:Places in Persian mythology]]


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