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Mythos Atlas

The Bestiary

Persian Mythological Creatures

4 creatures from the Persian (Iranian) Tradition in the atlas, listed from most to least dangerous by the atlas's own rating.

  • Azhi Dahaka

    Bound within Mount Damavand

    The three-headed, three-mouthed, six-eyed dragon of the Avesta, created by Angra Mainyu to destroy the good world and smitten by the hero Thraetaona; retold in the Shahnameh as Zahhak, the tyrant with serpents on his shoulders.

    Danger 10/10

  • Div-e Sepid

    A cave in the mountains of Mazandaran

    The White Div, lord of the demons of Mazandaran in the Shahnameh, who blinds King Kay Kavus and his army and is killed by Rostam in his cave at the end of the hero's Seven Trials.

    Danger 8/10

  • Apaosha

    The shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha

    The daeva of drought in the Avesta, who in the shape of a black horse 'stamped with brands of terror' fights the star Tishtrya at the edge of the cosmic sea to keep the rains from falling.

    Danger 6/10

  • Simurgh

    Mount Alborz; in Middle Persian texts, the tree of all seeds in the cosmic sea

    The great wise bird of Persian tradition, who in the Shahnameh raises the abandoned Zal on Mount Alborz, guides the birth of Rostam, and heals him in his combat with Esfandiyar; descended from the Avestan bird Saena.

    Danger 3/10

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