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Keyumars
Sign in to saveKeyumars or Kiomars is a legendary figure from Iranian mythical history, appearing in both the Avesta and the Shahnameh.
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- Ahriman, in the form of a serpent, suffocates the primordial bull, from which the primordial man Keyumars emerges.
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- In Zoroastrian literature
- The story of his creation
- In the ''Shahnameh''
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Keyumars or Kiomars is a legendary figure from Iranian mythical history, appearing in both the Avesta and the Shahnameh.
In the Avesta he is the mythological first human being in the world. The Avestan form means "the living mortal", from 'life' and 'mortal, human being'; cf. Persian 'human' (). The corresponding name in Middle Persian is ''''''. In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh he appears as the first shah of the world. He is also called the (), the first to practice justice, the lawgiver.