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Overview
A dragon repeatedly climbs the tree containing a Simurgh’s nest and eats her young when they are nearly ready to fly. A traveler sleeping beneath the tree sees the next attack and kills it with a stone thrown at its head. The chicks then protect him from their mother’s mistaken revenge, beginning the Simurgh’s assistance to him. The translation calls the predator a dragon, but supplies neither a personal name nor wings, fire-breathing or a detailed bodily inventory.
Origins & earliest records
Bakhtiari storytelling, Iran
Records & interpretation
Complete surrounding tale and embedded account directly read in retained original-edition transcription.
Selected bibliography
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Persian Tales
Bakhtiari tales; XXXVI, The Merchant of Isfahan and His Faithless Wife, pp. 236–243
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
D. L. R. and E. O. Lorimer, Persian Tales (Macmillan, 1919)
Bakhtiari tales. XXXVI, The Merchant of Isfahan and His Faithless Wife, pp. 236–243
Complete XXXVI236–243 and XXXVII244–250 read. Framed storytellers and complete outcomes preserved; no anatomy beyond source.
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- Historical translated folktaleOriginal 1919 edition of Persian Tales, XXXVI, The Merchant of Isfahan and His Faithless Wife, pp. 236–243Research access: 2026-10-05
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