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Horses " in the Pahlavi (middle Persian) language, and Avestan Āži-Dahāk) is a mythical figure of ancient Persia (Iran) . Zahak ( Pahlavi ) The Pahlavi translation of the Avesta personifies the serpent Azhi Dahaka into the Evil One, dwelling in Bawru ( Babylonia ). Zohak is represented as a man with two snakes' heads growing from his shoulders where he was kissed by Ahriman ; "the human head denotes the physical man, and the two serpent heads the dual manasic principles -- the dragon and serpent both standing as symbols of wisdom and occult powers" (TG 333). To keep the serpents calm he had to feed them with human brain. Every day a number of people were killed and their brain were fed to the raging snakes. Kaveh , after losing 17 sons who were slain to still the hunger of the serpents, sued for justice and vengeance, rebelled against Zahak, and gained people's support. At the same time prince Fereydoun with the support of Kaveh overthrew Zahak from the throne. Zahak usurps the throne of King Jamshid (Yima), and after ruling a thousand years he is vanquished. But Zahak could not be slain; he was bound to Mount Damavand , there to lie in bonds till the end of the world, when he shall be let loose and then be slain by Keresaspa. In the dynasty, whose symbol was the purpureum signum draconis -- the purple sign of the dragon. From a very remote antiquity (Genesis 14) this dynasty ruled Asia , Armenia , Syria , Arabia , Babylonia , Media and Persia .It was finally overthrown by Cyrus The Great and Darius The Great Hystaspes, after '1,000 years' rule. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |