Zahāk is one of the most important and ambiguous characters in Iranian mythology. The researchers have studied about his origin and symbolic aspects of his character, but have not spoken much about his relationship with the land of sacred snakes, i.e., Mesopotamia. The
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Zahāk is one of the most important and ambiguous characters in Iranian mythology. The researchers have studied about his origin and symbolic aspects of his character, but have not spoken much about his relationship with the land of sacred snakes, i.e., Mesopotamia. The present article searches the origin of the myth of Zahāk not in Indo-European regions, but in Mesopotamia, and shows that the myth, in the passage of time, has mixed with Indo-European myths, and is covered with a terrifying halo of mystery.
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