One of these animals waits in the wild for Kay Khosrow after Afrasiab executes its master. In a struggle over the cosmic (15[1])waters, Tishtrya and Apaosha take the form of these creatures to do battle. A praise song describing a hero’s first encounter with one of these animals notes its body is “like saffron (15[1])petals, mottled red and gold.” The healing of one of these animals converted King Vishtapa (15[1])to Zoroastrianism. (15[1])Another of these animals named Shabrang Behzad accompanies (*) Siyâvash through his trial by fire. Prince (10[1])Qamar uses a key to fly a mechanical ebony one of these animals in a story from the Arabian Nights. Another of these animals kills a lion with its teeth and repeatedly detects an invisible dragon while its master sleeps during the Seven Labors. For 10 points, Rostam perishes in a pit of poisoned spears with his faithful companion (-5[1])Rakhsh, who is what kind of animal? ■END■