Keyumars

For other uses, see Kayumars (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the etymologically related Kayomarthian sect of Zoroastrianism.
Keyumars
Ahriman, in the form of a serpent, suffocates the primordial bull, from which the primordial man Keyumars emerges.

Keyumars or Kiomars is a legendary figure from Iranian mythical history, appearing in both the Avesta and the Shahnameh.

In the Avesta he is the mythological first human being in the world. The Avestan form means "the living mortal", from gaya 'life' and marətan 'mortal, human being'; cf. Persian mard 'human' (مَرد). The corresponding name in Middle Persian is 𐭪𐭣𐭬𐭫𐭲 Kayōmart. In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh he appears as the first shah of the world. He is also called the pēšdād (پيشداد), the first to practice justice, the lawgiver.

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