Abstract

To Present the narrative structure of "Death & Resurrection" motif, we need to Limit the stories influenced by this myth by a Sequence. The sequence of "Death & Resurrection" includes four functions in which the love goddess falls in love with the hero of the story but the hero pays no attention to her. So he is killed tragically by her. At the end, this death leads him to the resurrection. This myth which is the symbol of herbaceous fruitfulness is about 6000 years old and, in fact, its roots must be searched in the Baynonnahrayn civilization. Considering the antiquity of the myth and motif of "Death & Resurrection" in the west Asiatic countries and the spreading of its narrative area in the eastern and western nations, this mythical sequence can be introduced as an archetype in man's Culture.