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Simorgh
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Simurgh.
In the Shahnameh
The Simorgh, on advising Rostam not to seek to kill Esfandiyār, warns him thus: "Fortune will sacrifice any man who spills the blood of the hero Esfandiyār; as long as life shall last in that man he will find no deliverance from torment nor will his prosperity endure." In the Davāni story, the Simorgh tells Rostam that he will live for another five hundred years, but if he kills Esfandiyār, he will outlive Esfandiyār by only one year.