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