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Garshāsp

Garshāsp is the name of a monster-slaying hero in Persian mythology. The Avestan form of his name is Kərəsāspa and in Middle Persian his name is Kirsāsp.

Garshasp was a king that reigned in parts of Great Persia. His named is also in Shahnameh which tells about legends and stories of Great Persia. Garshasb ruled over 50 years then the royal family was enchanted by dark magic and been killed one after the other. Legend says that there are Garshasps that survived but they are still enchanted. Garshāsp is only tangentially mentioned in the Shāhnāma. There he appears as a distant ancestor of the hero Rostam, who lived about the same time as King Fereydun. Garshāsp is the father of Narēmān, who is the father of Sām, father of Zāl, who is in turn Rostam's father.