Rustam Kills The White Div Rug

Rustam slaying the white div outside a cave.

Rustam kills the white div rug.

He kills the white div folio 124 from a shah nama book of kings of firdausi persian about 934 1020 cleveland. Nearby is rustam s horse. Rustam kills the white div folio from a shahnama book of kings author. Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi s shahnama mughal late 16th century note.

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. Attributed to northwestern iran or baghdad. Rustam standing with dagger armoured slays the white div white demon depicted with tail and bestial features.

Walters art museum 1931 by bequest. Completing this last of seven trials rustam uses the white div s blood to cure the iranian king kay kavus of his blindness. The mobads question hurmuzd and receive answers. 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.

White demon is the chieftain of the divs demons of mazandaran he is a huge being. دیو سپید lit. Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper. In the persian epic of shahnameh div e sepid persian.

Rustam kills the white div devil the great sages mourn the death of iskandar. Abu l qasim firdausi iranian 935 1020 date. Description on this folio from walters manuscript w 602 rustam kills the white div the seventh feat. 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.

In this magnificent refined work of a painter of the safavid court in iran the warrior hero rustam completes his last of seven herculean labors that established his prowess as a matchless hero. Iskandar kills the abyssinian monster. Sam goes to fight mihrab. In the shahnameh rostam and his.

He kills the white dîv the new york public library digital collections. Provenance henry walters baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown. However the roots of the narrative date much earlier to the seventh century. Spencer collection the new york public library.