In this ethnicity’s folklore, a king who feeds children to a series of snakes (-5[1])on his shoulders (10[1])is deposed (10[1]-5[1])by a blacksmith (10[1])who (10[1])turned his apron (10[1])into a banner. (10[2])This ethnicity depicts spirits called fravashi (10[1])that resemble a man in a winged sun. (10[1])The simurgh (10[1])and manticore originate from the folklore (10[3]-5[2])of this (10[1])ethnicity, (10[2])whose epic “Book of (10[1])Kings” (10[2]-5[1])chronicles (10[1])the hero (10[3])Rostam. (10[3]-5[2])A prophet of this ethnicity (10[1]-5[1])described a conflict (10[1])between daevas (10[2])led by Angra (-5[1])Mainyu (10[1])and (10[2])ahuras (10[2])led by (10[1])Ahura (10[1]-5[1])Mazda (10[1])that forms (10[1])the basis (10[3])of a (10[1])religion whose followers build fire temples (10[1])and Towers of Silence. For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name this ethnicity, the largest in the modern-day homeland (10[1])of Zoroaster. (10[3])■END■ (10[9]0[1])