One of these animals waits in the wild for Kay Khosrow after Afrasiab executes its master. In a struggle over the cosmic 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 petals, mottled red and gold.” The healing of one of these animals converted King Vishtapa to Zoroastrianism. Another of these animals (15[1])named Shabrang Behzad (15[1])accompanies (*) Siyâvash through his trial by fire. Prince 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 (10[1])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 Rakhsh, who is what kind of animal? ■END■