العنقاء في الشّعر العربيّ من العصر الجاهليّ إلى أواخر العصر الأندلسيّ بين الرّمز الأُسطوريّ والكناية

Mohammad Ali Alhroot; Sayel H. Al-Hawawsheh

doi:10.35516/hum.v52i5.7419

Authors

Mohammad Ali Alhroot Department of Applied Humanities, SAHSS, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2772-9953
Sayel H. Al-Hawawsheh Faculty of Education and Arts, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2879-5429

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v52i5.7419

Keywords:

Al-‘Anqāʼ, Arabic poetry, mythological symbol, metonymy.

Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to demonstrate the representations of the myth of the Phoenix in Arabic poetry across various poetic themes; to identify the prominent connotations resulting from its employment, whether they be mythical symbols or metaphors.

Methods: The study relied on an inductive analytical method. Firstly, it traced the quantitative presence of the Phoenix in Arabic poetry across five eras: the Jahiliyyah, Islamic, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Andalusian periods. Secondly, it sought to identify the key meanings and connotations poets intended to convey using the Phoenix myth.

Results: The study found that the presence of the Phoenix in the five periods was significant, appearing in 89 instances and utilized by 64 poets across different eras. The study also revealed that most poets leaned towards using the Phoenix as a metaphor, surpassing its symbolic mythical function. Most usages were characterized by their metaphorical rather than mythical nature.

Conclusions: Metaphors of impossibility, non-existence, separation and destruction, and strangeness dominated the uses of the Phoenix. The most frequently occurring mythical symbol was represented by "abduction."

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