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Roosterʹs eye [Cheshm-e-khoros]

Roosterʹs eye has been used a lot in Shahnameh and other contexts. Poets and authors, following their ancestors, have talked about it as a symbol of beautification, purity, and redness; however roosterʹs eye doesnʹt have any of these features, nor are these features important enough to be noticed by poets. Researchers have mentioned some opinions to match these features with roosterʹs eye, and paying attention to the importance of rooster in ancient Iran. They believe the idea of roosterʹs eye comes from that culture. They often match it with its Arabic equivalent Ayn-al-dic, and even its Greek equivalent Adonis. Going through the texts shows something that has not so far been noticed. In this article, offering some evidence, we have tried to show the concepts of roosterʹs eye as pheasantʹs eye. Pheasant has been used in texts as rooster and moor rooster. It has beautiful eyes and beautification, purity, and redness are confirmed to pheasantʹs eye.