Aži Dahāka / Zahāk is a monster in Persian folklore, from Iran. Aži Dahāka (Avestan) or Zahāk (New Persian) is a principal personification of evil in Iranian tradition. In Zoroastrian (Avestan) texts he is presented as a being allied to Ahriman, the hostile spiritual principle; in later Persian epic (Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh) he is historicized as Zahāk, son of the Arab ruler Merdās, and functions as an archetypal tyrant.
In Zoroastrian/Avestan tradition the figure appears as Aži Dahāka and is described in relation to the hostile spiritual principle Ahriman (presented in the sources as his father), placing Aži Dahāka within the cosmic dualism opposing Ahura Mazda. In later Persian historiographic/epic literature, notably Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh, the same name appears as Zahāk, given human parentage (the son of an Arab ruler named Merdās) and integrated into the sequence of legendary kings; here he is historicized into the role of an oppressive/tyrannical ruler rather than presented primarily as a primordial demonic offspring.
The provided sources identify Aži Dahāka / Zahāk by role and genealogy rather than by detailed physical description. The supplied materials do not record explicit physical traits, monstrous features, or consistent iconography for the figure; descriptions in other, unquoted traditions are not asserted here.
Within the Zoroastrian textual frame Aži Dahāka is presented as aligned with Ahriman and therefore functions as a personification of malign or destructive principle opposing Ahura Mazda. In the Shāhnāmeh Zahāk functions as an oppressive tyrant within human history. The supplied sources do not enumerate specific supernatural powers, spells, or a catalog of deeds beyond these role-definitions.
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