The Simorgh
سیمرغThe great bird who raised an abandoned prince in her nest, delivered Rostam into the world, and later became Persian poetry's image of the divine.
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The story
Persiahaus Studio drew the Simorgh with wings of saffron, red and turquoise spread wide above the peaks of Alborz, its long tail feathers fanning below, against a saffron sun on deep lapis, inside a ruled frame.
The great bird who raised an abandoned prince in her nest, delivered Rostam into the world, and later became Persian poetry's image of the divine. The full story is told in the Mythology section.