Rustam Kills The White Div Rug

Rustam kills the white div folio from a shahnama book of kings author.

Rustam kills the white div rug.

The mobads question hurmuzd and receive answers. Completing this last of seven trials rustam uses the white div s blood to cure the iranian king kay kavus of his blindness. Sam goes to fight mihrab. However the roots of the narrative date much earlier to the seventh century.

In the persian epic of shahnameh div e sepid persian. Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper. دیو سپید lit. While the mughal prvenance is obvious i have to note the cave the blue bacground rocks and the gold sky with the two tone cloud swirls.

Attributed to northwestern iran or baghdad. The legendary hero rustam identified by his tiger skin clothing kills the savage chief of the demons the white div in an immense cave as other demons watch from above. In the shahnameh rostam and his. Rustam standing with dagger armoured slays the white div white demon depicted with tail and bestial features.

Spencer collection the new york public library. The artist was obviously drawing on a shiraz inspiration. رستم is a legendary hero in persian mythology the son of zāl and rudaba whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th century persian poet ferdowsi in the shahnameh or epic of kings which contains pre islamic iranian folklore and history. Rustam slaying the white div outside a cave.

White demon is the chieftain of the divs demons of mazandaran he is a huge being. He possesses great physical strength and is skilled in sorcery and necromancy he destroys the army of kay kavus by conjuring a dark storm of hail boulders and tree trunks using his magical skills. He kills the white div folio 124 from a shah nama book of kings of firdausi persian about 934 1020 cleveland. He rustam s seventh course.

Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi s shahnama mughal late 16th century note. He kills the white dîv the new york public library digital collections. Abu l qasim firdausi iranian 935 1020 date. Rustam kills the white div devil the great sages mourn the death of iskandar.

Description on this folio from walters manuscript w 602 rustam kills the white div the seventh feat. Provenance henry walters baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown. Iskandar kills the abyssinian monster. Scene from the shahnameh.