Haftvād
Sign in to savethumb|A Persian miniature from a 15th-century manuscript of the [[Shahnameh depicting Ardashir killing Hafvād's worm.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Haftvād in the ''Shahnameh''
- Haftvād and the historical record
- Haftvād in other sources
- Parallel stories in world folklore
- The Haftvād story in Persianate art
- Notes
thumb|A Persian miniature from a 15th-century manuscript of the [[Shahnameh depicting Ardashir killing Hafvād's worm.]]
Haftvād () is a legendary character whose story appears alongside accounts of the rise of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid dynasty of Persia, in the third century C.E. Haftvād is mentioned in various sources, most notably the Shahnameh of Abu'l-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī.
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