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Azhi Dahaka

“His defeat is one of the central myths of Iranian tradition: the hero-king Fereydun (Avestan Thraētaona) rises up against him, and rather than killing him outright, binds Zahhak in chains upon Mount Damavand, where in some tellings he is prophesied to break free at the end of the world and be slain only then by the hero Garshasp.”