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Dragon of Mount Saqila

demon div Origin / Domain: Mount Saqila, Rome Allegiance: ahrimanic

Epic Lore & Biography

A monstrous, venomous, and fire-breathing dragon residing on Mount Saqila in Rome, terrifying the populace. Gushtasp killed it by jamming a steel dagger into its throat and cleaving its skull, extracting its fangs as proof.

Shahnameh Distichs Featuring this Entity (6)

به کوه سقیلا یکی اژدهاست / که کشور همه پاک ازو در بلاست

“'Upon Mount Saqila there dwells a dragon, by whose terror the entire realm is plunged into misery.'”

Lohrasp • Ahern's Quest for Caesar's Daughter and the Dragon of Mount Saqila بیت #23107

اگر کم کنی اژدها را ز روم / سپارم ترا دختر و گنج و بوم

“'If thou ridst Rome of this dragon, I shall bestow upon thee my daughter, my treasure, and the land.'”

Lohrasp • Ahern's Quest for Caesar's Daughter and the Dragon of Mount Saqila بیت #23108

که همتای آن گرگ شیراوژنست / دمش زهر و او دام آهرمنست

“'For it is the rival of that lion-slaying wolf—its breath is poison, and it is a trap of Ahriman.'”

Lohrasp • Ahern's Quest for Caesar's Daughter and the Dragon of Mount Saqila بیت #23109

بگفتیم و پاسخ چنین داد باز / که در کوه با اژدها رزم ساز

“'I spoke to him, and he answered that I must do battle with the dragon upon the mountain.'”

Lohrasp • Ahern's Quest for Caesar's Daughter and the Dragon of Mount Saqila بیت #23124

بگویم مگر کان نبرده سوار / نهد اژدها را سر اندر کنار

“'Perhaps I shall tell him, so that battle-proven knight may bring down the dragon's head as well.'”

Lohrasp • Ahern's Quest for Caesar's Daughter and the Dragon of Mount Saqila بیت #23129

همی اژدها دام اهرن کند / بکوشد کزان بدنشان تن کند

“'And the dragon is to be Ahern's trap, as he seeketh to rid himself of that evil omen.'”

Lohrasp • Ahern's Quest for Caesar's Daughter and the Dragon of Mount Saqila بیت #23138

Dragon of Mount Saqila

Epic Lore & Biography

Shahnameh Distichs Featuring this Entity (6)

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