Persian & Arabian

Simurgh

She came down for meat and went back up with a son.

6 chapters on the figure behind the card, researched in the Persian & Arabian mythology sources and reviewed before publication. See Simurgh’s card →

1. The Nest on Alborz She carried the child up as food. Then she did not eat him.
2. The Feather She Left She gives the boy back, and hands him a way to call her.
3. Instructions, Not a Miracle Rudabeh cannot deliver. The bird arrives and gives directions.
4. The Tamarisk, and the Price She names the one place an arrow will reach — and what it costs.
5. Saena, Before the Poem The oldest layer has a bird with the same name and a different job.
6. Thirty Birds A later poet borrowed the name for something that is not a bird at all.

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