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Zahhak Chained in the Cave of Damavand
Book A5 · Zahhak’s Tyranny and the Uprising of Kaveh

Zahhak Chained in the Cave of Damavand

From A5.9, Fereydoon Binds Zahhak. It illustrates A5.9.60–64:

  • A5.9.60
    He brought Zahhak to Damavand, the peakWhere crags enclosed him, overcast and bleak.
  • A5.9.61
    He chose a cave whose bottom none could see,A hidden cleft where none might set him free.
  • A5.9.62
    He brought great iron spikes and massive chains,And fixed the tyrant where the rock constrains.
  • A5.9.63
    His hands were bound against the mountainside,New chains were drawn above the first and tied.
  • A5.9.64
    He left him hanging there in grievous pain,While blood ran down and darkened rock and plain.

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FereydoonZahhak
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