Keyumars
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Keyumars or Kiomars is a legendary figure from Iranian mythical history, appearing in both the Avesta and the Shahnameh.
Ahriman, in the form of a serpent, suffocates the primordial bull, from which the primordial man Keyumars emerges.
Court of Keyumars, 16th century Persian miniature from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf, folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama
IRAN Miniatur by UNESCO 1957
Hushang
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Hūshang, also spelled Hōshang, is an early hero-king in Iranian mythical history. He is known from Avestan, Middle Persian, and Sasanian-based Persian and Arabic sources. He appears to have been one o
Keyumars
…to single combat and died at the hands of the demon. Keyumars mourned for a year, and then Sorush advised him to fight Ahriman once more. Siāmak's son Hushang (Avestan Haošyaŋha) was grown by this time and led the army that defeated Ahriman's son, who was bound and beheaded. Keyumars died after a thirty-year…
Hushang Slays the Black Div. Miniature by Sultan Mohammed from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp