name Aži Dahāka) is considered the son of Ahriman, the foe of Ahura Mazda. In the Shāhnāmeh of Ferdowsi, Zahhāk is the son of a ruler named Merdās. Aži (nominative...

Dahaka has several meanings: Zahhak (Aži Dahāka), a dragon-king in Zoroastrian Persian mythology The Dahaka, an enemy in the Prince of Persia: Warrior...

dragon from Beowulf; and aži and az in ancient Persian mythology, closely related to another mythological figure, called Aži Dahaka or Zahhak. Nonetheless...

(Greek) Indra vs. Vritra (Indian) Krishna vs. Kāliyā (Indian) Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka (Zoroastrianism) Garshasp vs. Zahhak (Iranian) Saint George vs. the Dragon...

inhabitant who is inimical to the Indo-European invaders; the Iranian serpent Aži Dahāka carries in his name the pejorative suffix -ka; and the Latin inimical...

Aži Dahāka (アジ・ダハーカ, Aji Dahāka) An Evil Dragon known as the Diabolism Thousand Dragon (魔源の禁龍（ディアボリズム・サウザンド・ドラゴン）, Diaborizumu Sauzando Doragon). Aži...

Thraētona ('son of Thrita'), who won back the abducted women from the serpent Aži Dahāka; and the Norse þriði ('Third'), one of the names of Óðinn. Other cognates...

and 'Son of Third'), who won back the abducted women from the serpent Aži Dahāka; and the Norse Þriði ('Third'), one of the names of Óðinn. Other cognates...

invocation puts Angra Mainyu in a stupor. In Yasna 9.8, Angra Mainyu creates Aži Dahaka, but the serpent recoils at the sight of Mithra's mace (Yasht 10.97, 10...

literature. In Zoroastrian texts and mythology, the three-headed dragon Aži Dahāka was chained within Mount Damāvand, there to remain until the end of the...

Buddhism, Shinto) Azazel/Azaz'el (Jewish mythology, Islamic folklore) Azi Dahaka/Dahak (Zoroastrianism) Baal/Bael (Christian demonology) Babi ngepet (Indonesian...

epithet of Vṛtrá Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌, romanized: aži → Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀, romanized: aži.dahāka Parthian: 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃, romanized: ažδahāg (borrowing)...

a different derivation." (Boyce, 2002:17) In Vendidad 1, Adar battles Aži Dahāka, the great dragon of the sky. In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Hoshang, the grandson...

animation) Chuvash dragon Smok Wawelski – dragon of Kraków Zahhak (or Aži Dahāka) – Iranian dragon žaltys zduhać Zilant – dragon of Kazan Zirnitra – Wendish...

and Cicero. The Persian Empires had the three-headed Zoroastrian demon Aži Dahāka (representing unslaked desire) as a fixed part of their folklore. In the...

evident in ancient Iranian folklore as Aži Dahāka (Azh dahak) - is the most significant and long-lasting of the ažis of the Avesta, the earliest religious...

Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃‎ ʾjdhʾg). List of dragons in mythology and folklore Aži Dahāka Vishap Russell 1987, pp. 191–205. Shahbazi 2017, p. 133. Russell, J. R...

Three-headed monster may refer to: Azi dahaka, a three-headed dragon in Persian mythology Cerberus, a multi-headed (usually three-headed) dog in Greek...

not related to the Zam of the Shahnameh. That Zam—Zahhak-e-Maar-Doosh (Aži Dahāka in Avestan, Azhdshak in Middle Persian)—is the king of dragons, who slew...

Junji Majima A noble of the Four Great Nobles. His Divine Drag Ride is "Aži Dahāka", which allows him to steal the armaments, abilities and energy of other...

in German) is about Nerthus, Germanic goddess of peace and prosperity. Aži Dahāka is a monstrous snake-man in Iranian mythology. Eye of Algol is about a...

defeated by Kāve, who led a popular uprising against him. Zahhak (Avestan: Aži Dahāka) was guarded by two vipers which grew out from both of his shoulders....

hero warrior-priest Fereydun who battles the serpent Aži Dahāka (which, for the virtue of 'Azi' being cognate with Sanskrit 'Ahi', snake, is – by proponents...

Indra vs. Vritra Krishna vs. Kāliyā Zoroastrian mythology Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka Persian mythology Garshasp vs. Zahhak Romanian mythology Făt-Frumos vs...

Indra vs. Vritra Krishna vs. Kāliyā Zoroastrian mythology Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka Persian mythology Garshasp vs. Zahhak Romanian mythology Făt-Frumos vs...

Indra vs. Vritra Krishna vs. Kāliyā Zoroastrian mythology Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka Persian mythology Garshasp vs. Zahhak Romanian mythology Făt-Frumos vs...

Old Turkic *Ashtak, further from Middle Persian Azdahāg, from Avestan: Aži Dahāka "Serpent, Dragon", related to Azhdaha. Earlier, H. W. Bailey noticed similarity...

recorded as the killer of the dragon Zahhak (Aži Dahāk). On the contrary, in Middle Persian texts, Dahāka/Dahāg was instead imprisoned on Mount Damavand...

Indra vs. Vritra Krishna vs. Kāliyā Zoroastrian mythology Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka Persian mythology Garshasp vs. Zahhak Romanian mythology Făt-Frumos vs...

fiendish deeds of Aži Dahaka. But the hero is protected by the "divine glory of the heavens", so he eventually wakes rested and kills Dahaka. (IBd 29.7) In...