Iranian mythology

traditional legends and stories etc. from the Persian culture

thumb|Hushang Slays the Black Div (mythology)|Div. Miniature by [[Sultan Mohammed from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp]] Hūshang (; , ), also spelled Hōshang, is an early hero-king in Iranian mythical history. He is known from Avestan, Middle Persian, and Sasanian-based Persian and Arabic sources. He appears to have been one of several 'first man/king' figures in different Iranian traditions, along with Jamshid, Keyumars, and Tahmuras. In the Avesta, he is called Haoshyangha and is given the epithet , whence Persian . While this title is given only to Hushang in the Avesta, in later tradition th