Rostam is a legendary hero in persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-islamic iranian folklore and history and where among other achievements, he killed a dragon. However, the roots of the narrative date much earlier. Rostam (or Rustam) is a legendary hero in Persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains...