We have never been so vulnerable and disconsolate at any juncture in history. Defenseless, With a painful conscience that is inconsolable. The desire of sanctify life has been substituted with the greed for domination the nature. The world of myths is considered as an era of puerile legend which we have passed that time victoriously through with wisdom aid. It's definitely not like that. We are not successful more than antiquity human. The antiquity human was loaded with myths against continuing cruelty of history, corporeal suffering, long-term droughts, Ruinous wars, … . In spite of our thoughts, that human was not uncivilized and Barren, he was utterly Creative and hopeful.
The myth represents antiquity human’s creativity facing life. Myths illustrate Creation and from the endless regenerations, give another meaning to death. From the middle of the 17th A.D., modern human Faith in wisdom has created several problems as the most reliable weapon: war crimes, barren revolutions, forgettable deaths, hopeless refugees, unauthorized immigrants and environmental ruins caused by human ignorance; How it can be justified and soothe, those with such a fair wisdom? We must add a new fear on the list of our despairs: greed for achieving Nuclear power!
The genesis patterns of creation have common quiddity among all nations and cultures; from Indigenous Australians, Scandinavians and the native Americans to India, Iran and Mesopotamia. Marriage of the gods and goddesses, in order to proliferate the blessing, fertility, and the reiterated sacrifices, is one of these common beliefs, which helps the transition from the first chaos and put it in order. The world of myth, varies in details from one culture to another, but what is essential among all cultures is the need for renovations.
The sacrifices (which I named "Sacred Remains") are one of the most immanent rituals in the world of myths. Sacrificing is the presentment of creation and regeneration. It had been definitely done through flowing blood since the blood is the quiddity of life.
Over the centuries, sacrifices (Sacred Remains) were offered to solicit semantic beyond objectivity. One of the sacrifices in Persian's mythology, which is rooted in Indo-European and West Asian mythologies, is an ox killing (Tauroktony).
Ox has a great character in Indo-European culture. It’s the focal of life's upheavals. Times of the day were divided in early pasturing, yoking, and unyoking oxen. Even the water holes were measured based on the ox's hooves sizes. The relation between moon and ox in the ancient culture of primitives, in particular in Indo-European culture is very impressive. For the ancient human, the moon is the first phenomenon that dies and resurrects. As the crescent and the harvest moon are cycled phenomenon, the death of man is also not inevitable. The ox’s horn and crescent have visual communication, which has caused many imaginations in the Paleolithic images.
The ox has a pivotal place; as the fifth creature of ‘OHRMAZD’ (God), on behalf of beneficial creatures, and also as the most important quadrupeds in the history of Iran’s plateau (according to the Avesta —the sacred book of ancient Iran (Zoroasterianism)— and Pahlavi traditions). ‘Sacred Remains photo collection’ based on ox's myth in Iranian culture, its symbolic meanings and modern perceptions is developed.
The story narrators of ‘Sacred Remains Photos’ are oxen. Oxen have come either to make peace and reconciliation that are slaughtered by Ahriman (demon), or they are sacrificed to bless and immortalize the world with their blood. The fogbound atmosphere among all photos has multipurpose function. On the one hand by omitting the unwanted details, let the reader to focus on the photographer’s intention. On the other hand, it reminds the mentioned chaos of the world of myths.
