Mythologies of the Lur Tribe
The Lurs , Lors or Luris ( Persian : لر ) are an Iranian people living in western and southern Ira . The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari , Mamasani , Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper , who are principally linked by the Luri language . Lorestan province is named after the Lurs, but not all Lurs live in Lorestan, nor are all the inhabitants of Lorestan ethnic Lurs. Many Lurs live in other provinces of Iran including Fars , Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari , Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad , Khuzestan , Hamadan , Isfahan , Tehran southern Ilam province , and Genaveh county in Bushehr province . There are several disputes over the origin of the Lurs, but they are believed to be of Elamite and Kassite origin. Iranist and historian Walther Hinz described the Elamites as possible ...