{{Short description|Home of parīs in Persian cosmology}} {{About||other uses|Paristan (disambiguation)}} [[File:"Kazbegi",_Panoramic_view_of_Mount_Kazbek_(Mqinvartsveri)_range,_Caucasus,_Georgia.jpg|350px|thumb|The Caucasus Mountains, traditional location of Paristan]]
In Persian cosmology, '''Paristan''' ({{langx|fa|پریستان|Parīstān|land of the ''parīs''}}; also '''Koh-e Qaf''' or '''Qafkuh''') is the home of ''parī''s, which are supernatural beings originating from Persian tales and wider Asian folklore that are described as winged creatures of immense beauty.<ref>{{cite web |title=POGAL PARISTAN : THE LAND OF FAIRIES |url=https://travelthehimalayas.com/kiki/pogal-paristan-the-land-of-fairies |website=Himalayan Wonders |publisher=Himalayan Wonders}}</ref>
==Muslim folklore== Although originating in pre-Islamic Persian literature, ''parī''s and Paristan were adopted in the wider West Asian folklore and, through the spread of Islamic culture eastward, in the Muslim mythology of Central and South Asia. With ''parī''s being identified as benevolent (often female) jinn in early Quran translations into Persian,<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O84eYLVHvB0C&q=Piris |title = Dictionary of Islam|isbn = 9788120606722|last1 = Hughes|first1 = Patrick|last2 = Hughes|first2 = Thomas Patrick|year = 1995}}</ref> Paristan became what can be fairly compared with the fairyland/elfame of European folklore.{{Original research inline|date=May 2026}}
==Mount Qaf== The alternative name ''Koh-e Qaf'' or ''Qafkuh'' "Mount Qaf" was used by Persians both as the name of a legendary mountain and for the "strange" and unknown territory of the Caucasus Mountains which marked the extent of their knowledge and influence.<ref>[http://www.naghashi.blogfa.com/post-43.aspx كوه قاف در اسطوره و عرفان ايراني] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219041846/http://naghashi.blogfa.com/post-43.aspx |date=2009-02-19 }}</ref>
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