Persian mythology
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Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term, is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories c
Faramarz slaying Ahriman - a scene from the Shahnameh.
Detail of The School of Athens by Raphael, 1509, showing Zoroaster (left, with star-studded globe)
Chinvat Bridge scene on the sarcophagus of Wirkak.
Statue of Arash, Sa'dabad Complex.
Manticore
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The manticore or mantichore is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well. It has the face of a huma
Persian mythology
…to cure the blindness of the king and the captured Persian heroes. Rostam also takes the Div's head as a helmet and is often pictured wearing it. A manticore (labeled "martigora") by Johannes Jonston (1650). Manticore: a legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in western European…
Manticore or "Martigora" ― Johannes Jonston (1652), Historiae Naturalis Copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian.
Manticore from Bodl. MS. 764, fol. 25r (c. 1225–1250)
Manticore from the Rochester Bestiary (c. 1230–1240)
Manticore in the bestiary bound in a theological miscellany, British Library Harley MS 3244, ff 36r–71v (early 13th century)