Pishdadian dynasty

Jamshid ; Classical Persian: Jamshēd ; Middle and New Persian: Jam ), also known as Yima ( ), is the fourth Shah of the mythological Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to Shahnameh.

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Keyumars or Kiomars is a legendary figure from Iranian mythical history, appearing in both the Avesta and the Shahnameh.

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

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mythical Persian dynasty

thumb|Tahmuras Defeating the Div (mythology)|Divs. Miniature by [[Reza Abbasi from the Shahnameh of Shah Abbas. Qazvin, c. 1590-1600. Chester Beatty Library]] thumb|upright|Lee Lawrie, Tahmurath (1939). Library of Congress [[John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]] Tahmuras or Tahmures (, ; from Avestan "Strong Fox" via ) was the third Shah of the mythical Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to Ferdowsi's epic poem, the Shahnameh. He is considered the builder of Merv.

Iraj () is according to the Iranian national history, the youngest son of Fereydun and the mythical ancestor of the Iranians. He already appears in the Avesta as Airiia, and in later Zoroastrian tradition as Ērič. The ultimate rendering of his story is told in the Shahnameh.

thumb|Garshasp slays the dragon. Miniature from the Jainesque Shahnama. India, c. 1425-1450. [[Rietberg Museum]] thumb|Garshasp fighting cynocephaly|cynocephali (sagsār), who are using tree branches as weapons. Miniature by [[Sadiqi Beg from Garshasp-nama. Iran, 1573. British Library]]

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son of Fereydun and predecessor of the Turanians

Siamak ( , sometimes transliterated as Siyamak or Siamac) is a character in Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran.

thumb|"Enthronement of Shah Zav", Folio from the Great Mongol Shahnameh. Created in [[Tabriz between 1330-1340]] Zaav, Zav, Zaab, or Zou () is the tenth Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Persia according to Shahnameh. He was a descendant of Nowzar and ruled over Iran for about five years.

Character of Shahnameh

Arnavāz (; "Arənauuāčī" in Avestan) is one of the two daughters (or possibly sisters) of Jamshid, the mythological king of Parsia. Arnavāz and her sister, Shahrnāz first married Zahhāk, but later married Fereydun, after he had defeated Zahhāk and imprisoned him in mount Damāvand.

Abtin (), or Athwya, is a character in Shahnama (national epic of Iran), who is the father of Fereydun. He is mentioned as the father of Fereydun in the Avesta, having been the "second man" to prepare Ahura-Mazda for the "corporeal world" (the first being Jamshid, and the third being Thrita). His name comes from the same origin as "Āptya", a title for water-born deities or heroes in the Rigveda. According to the Shatapatha Brahmana, that the first to bear this title was Agni, and that he subsequently created three Aptyas, Trita, Dvita, and Ekata, when he spat on the waters in anger.

Shahrnāz (; Saŋhauuāčī in Avestan) is one of the two daughters (or possibly sisters) of Jamshid, the mythological king of Iran. In some versions of Shahnameh, including the Moscow version and that of Ṯaʿālebī, Shahrnāz and her sister, Arnavāz are the daughters of Jamshid, but in others, they are his sisters.