Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegār ( fa, شمشیر زمردنگار, 'the Emerald-Studded

sword A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed ti ...

') is a sword in the Persian legend Shahnameh. The witch mother of a hideous horned demon called

Fulad-zereh {{notability, date=June 2017 Fulad-zereh ( fa, فولادزره, Fulâd-zereh) meaning " ossessing steel armor," is the name of a huge horned demon in the Persian story of Amir Arsalan. He made aerial wanderings and spotted and kidnapped beautiful ...

used a charm to make his body invulnerable to all weapons except this specific sword. Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegār was forged by

Kāve Kaveh the Blacksmith ( fa, کاوه آهنگر – Kāve Āhangar ), is a 5000-year-old figure in Iranian mythology who leads a popular uprising against a ruthless foreign ruler, Zahāk. His story is narrated in the ''Shahnameh'', the national ...

for the Legendary Persian Prince Milad. After Milad's death in the 7th story of Shahnameh the sword was carefully guarded by Fulad-Zereh, not only because it was a valuable weapon, and indeed the only weapon that could harm the demon, but also because wearing it was a charm against magic. A wound inflicted by this sword could only be treated by a special potion made from a number of ingredients, including Fulad-Zereh's brain.

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