Abolqasem Ferdowsi's eleventh century Persian epic of the mythical and historical kings of Iran, including the tyrant Zahhak and his overthrow by the smith Kaveh and the hero Feridun, in Dick Davis's verse and prose translation.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a widely reviewed scholarly translation of the primary eleventh century epic by a named Persian-literature specialist, published by a major press, the standard English edition cited in Shahnameh scholarship. NotesCited for the reign of the tyrant Zahhak, kissed by Ahriman in the guise of a cook and left with a serpent growing from each shoulder that must be fed human brains, and his eventual binding by Feridun after the blacksmith Kaveh's revolt, the Shahnameh's own telling of the story.
Citation
AuthorAbolqasem Ferdowsi, translated by Dick Davis
PublisherViking Penguin
Publication Year2006
Source Typecritical translation
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This source names Feridun directly: "by the smith Kaveh and the hero Feridun, in Dick Davis's verse and prose translation."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
This source names Persians directly: "Abolqasem Ferdowsi's eleventh century Persian epic of the mythical and historical kings of Iran, including the tyrant Zahhak and his overthrow by the smith Kaveh and the hero Feridun, in Dick..."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
This source names Zahhak directly: "kings of Iran, including the tyrant Zahhak and his overthrow by the smith Kaveh and the hero Feridun, in Dick Davis's verse and prose translation."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
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Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
Claims Backed By This Source (29 claims)
This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 22 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Figures, 12 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Myths & Sacred Narratives, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
Well-attested
22Myths & Sacred Narratives
Holds
4Myths & Sacred Narratives
General References
3Myths & Sacred Narratives
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