Mashya and Mashyoi

Mashya and Mashyoi is the latest novel of Iranian renown author, Mohammad Mohammadali. It is the story of the first Iranian mythological  man and woman, Mashya and Mashyoi (Mashyaneh), which is narrated with a simple and sweet style. In Mashya and Mashyoi, the reader faces not only the story of the creation of the first man and woman and their mythological challenges with Ahriman, but also sees an attractive and romantic view of the ancient Iranian cosmogony and worldview.
Mashya and Mashyoi were the first man and woman in Zoroastrian mythology whose procreation gave rise to the human race. It is said that Ahura Mazda (the supreme Iraniangod), created the First Human, Gayomard, who was neither man nor woman. Ahriman (or Angra Mainyu), the Spirit of Evil, sought to destroy all Ahura Mazda’s creations and sent a demon to kill Gayomard. The demon was successful, but from his body grew a plant, and from the plant grew Mashya and Mashyoi. The book is retelling this story in a modern style.
Mashya and Mashyoi comes actually following Adam and Eve and Jamshid and Jamak by the same author which faced popular success in a short period of time and was admired by many critics. These three books are called the trilogy of “The First Day of Love.” The First Day of Love is the story of great men who had always a woman beside them and these women are not only the narrators of these stories, but the ones who had great influence on their men’s life. Adam and Eve is the story of the first man and woman in Islamic and, more accurately, in Semitic traditions, and Jamshid and Jamak is the story of the first king or Padishah in Iranian mythology.