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== イランの伝承 ==

歴史上、イランの勢力は北コーカサス全域に及ぶことはなく、古代の言い伝えではこの高山は謎に包まれていた<ref>[http://www.naghashi.blogfa.com/post-43.aspx كوه قاف در اسطوره و عرفان ايراني] , https://web.archive.org/web/20090219041846/http://naghashi.blogfa.com/post-43.aspx , 2009-02-19</ref>。イランの伝承では、カフ山は以下のような特徴を持っていた。

* The "unknown" mountain referred to as ''Gapkuh''<ref group=Note>''Qāf'' is the Arabized form of the Middle Persian word ''gâp'' meaning "unknown". The oldest mention of ''Gapkuh'' or the "unknown mountain" is in an inscription of Shapur I (241-272 AD) for the mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. The name of the Caucasus Mountains is said to have ultimately come from ''Kapkof'' or ''Kafkaz'', corrupted variant(s) of ''Gapkuh''.</ref>

* The land of the [[Daeva]] (who did not follow [[Zoroastrianism]])