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