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    Zahhāk or Zahāk (pronounced [zæhɒːk]) (Persian: ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder (Persian: ضحاک ماردوش, romanized: Zahhāk-e Mārdoush), is...
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    47.1672167 Zahhak Castle (or citadel; Persian: قلعه ضحاک) is a castle in Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is named after Zahhak, a figure in...
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  • Zahhak in harmony and Zahhak "taught her how to commit crime". Nonetheless, Arnavāz was the advisor of Zahhak. When Fereydun finally defeated Zahhak,...
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    instead on acquiring and playing Sgrub. At Vriska's suggestion, Equius Zahhak creates a robot body for Aradia which she inhabits for a large part of the...
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    heart, but his glory never returned to him. The vassal ruler of Arabia, Zahhāk, under the influence of Ahriman, made war upon Jamshid, and he was welcomed...
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  • Suikoden V (redirect from Zahhak (Suikoden))
    Suikoden V (Japanese: 幻想水滸伝V, Hepburn: Gensō Suikoden Faibu, (listen)) is a role-playing video game developed by Konami and Hudson Soft and published by...
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    and minstrelsy. In Kabul, Mehrab, a vassal king descended from the evil Zahhak, paid homage with gifts of horses and slaves. Learning of Rudabeh, Mehrab's...
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  • Shahrnāz and Arnavāz were captured and forced to consort Zahhak. After Fereydun finally defeated Zahhak and imprisoned him in mount Damāvand, he married both...
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  • B4U Motion Pictures presentation in association with Relativity Media and Zahhak Films Limited. Dobaara: See Your Evil is produced by Ishan Saksena, Prawaal...
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    depicting Buraq. Khalili Collection. 12th–13th century bowl depicting King Zahhak with snakes protruding from his shoulders, likely from Northwestern Iran...
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    Garshasp's resurrection was depicted. His role was to slay the monster Zahhak. In the Zoroastrian religious text of the Avesta, Kərəsāspa appears as the...
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    the foreign demon-like ruler Zahhak (Persian: ضحاک). Recalling the legend, the 10th-century epic Shahnameh recasts Zahhak as an evil and tyrannical ruler...
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    the end of the world. In a later version of the same legend, the tyrant Zahhāk was also chained in a cave somewhere in Mount Damāvand after being defeated...
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  • Dahaka has several meanings: Zahhak (Aži Dahāka), a dragon-king in Zoroastrian Persian mythology The Dahaka, an enemy in the Prince of Persia: Warrior...
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  • Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd-al-Ḥayy ibn Żaḥḥāk ibn Maḥmūd Gardīzī (Persian: ابوسعید عبدالحی بن ضحاک بن محمود گردیزی), better known as Gardizi (گردیزی), was an 11th-century...
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    Iranian legend, it was on Hara Berezaiti that the hero Fereydun fettered Zahhak. Modern version of its name appear in many mountains and mountain ranges...
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  • (Avestan: 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀, romanized: Θraētaona), slays shah Zahhak, who is also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder, and is related to aži dahāka, creatures...
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  • Dahak, Tehran People Driss Dahak (born 1939), Moroccan diplomat Mythology Zahhak, an evil figure from Persian mythology Dahak, a demon in Zoroastrianism...
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    the foreign demon-like ruler Zahhak (Persian: ضحاک). Recalling the legend, the 10th-century epic Shahnameh recasts Zahhak as an evil and tyrannical ruler...
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  • romanized: Akharín Dāstān) is an animated film adaptation of the story of "Zahhak", a page from the historical identity of Iranians and one of the central...
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    a tale from Iranian folklore: On this day, Fereydun vanquished the evil Zahhak and confined him to Mount Damavand. This fragment of the legend is part...
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    Kāliyā (Indian) Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka (Zoroastrianism) Garshasp vs. Zahhak (Iranian) Saint George vs. the Dragon (Christian) Saint Michael vs. Herensuge...
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  • Shahnameh. The metaphor mardoush, literally meaning snake-shoulder, refers to Zahhak, as two snakes grew on his shoulders after they were kissed by Ahriman....
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    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Zahhak (Persian) – Dragon Žaltys (Baltic) – Serpentine fertility spirit Zamzummim (Jewish) – Giant...
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    and hubris, was overthrown by the evil tyrant Zahhak. Following a popular insurrection against Zahhak, the throne was eventually restored to the Pishdadians...
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    established the Sadeh Feast in its honor. Stories of Tahmuras, Jamshid, Zahhak, Kawa or Kaveh, Fereydun and his three sons Salm, Tur, and Iraj, and his...
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    "from the family of Aθβiya". He was recorded as the killer of the dragon Zahhak (Aži Dahāk). On the contrary, in Middle Persian texts, Dahāka/Dahāg was...
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    Zahhāk sends Garshāsp to India, where the king (a vassal of Zahhāk's) has been replaced by the rebel prince Bahu (who does not acknowledge Zahhāk's rule)...
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    Ashpaz Khaneh Zahhak Castle (Persian: قلعه آشپزخانه ضحاک) is a historical castle located in Fasa County in Fars Province, The fortress dates back to the...
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    Birds disguised, so that Zeus will not notice him talking to the enemy. Zahhak, an evil figure in Iranian mythology, also ends up eternally chained on...
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