Bundahishn
Chapter XXXI
From Yim and Yimak, who was his sister, was born a pair, man and woman, and they became husband and wife together; Mîrak the Âspiyân and Zîyânak Zardâhim were their names, and the lineage went on.
Spîtûr was he who, with Dahâk, cut up Yim; 3; Narsih lived then also, whom they call Nêsr-gyâvân; they say that such destiny (gadman) is allotted to him, that he shall pass every day in troubles, and shall make all food purified and pure.
Dahâk was son of Khrûtâsp, son of Zâînîgâv, son of Virafsang, son of Tâz, son of Fravâk, son of Sîyâkmak; by his mother Dahâk was of Udaî, son of Bayak, son of Tambayak, son of Owokhm, son of Pairi-urvaêsm, son of Gadhwithw, son of Drûgâskân, son of the evil spirit.
Frêdûn the Âspiyân was son of Pûr-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Sôk-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Bôr-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Sîyâk-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Spêd-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Gefar-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Ramak-tôrâ the Âspiyân, son of Vanfraghesn the Âspiyân, son of Yim, son of Vîvanghâû; as these, apart from the Âspiyân Pûr-tôrâ, were ten generations, they every one lived a hundred years, which becomes one thousand years; those thousand years were the evil reign of Dahâk.
By the Âspiyân Pûr-tôrâ was begotten Frêdûn, who exacted vengeance for Yim; together with him, also were the sons Barmâyûn and Katâyûn, but Frêdûn was fuller of glory than they.
By Frêdûn three sons were begotten, Salm and Tûg and Aîrîk; and by Aîrîk one son and one pair were begotten; the names of the couple of sons were Vânîdâr and Anastokh, and the name of the daughter was Gûzak.
Salm and Tûg slew them all, Aîrîk and his happy sons, but Frêdûn kept the daughter in concealment, and from that daughter a daughter was born; they became aware of it, and the mother was slain by them.
Frêdûn provided for the daughter, also in concealment, for ten generations, when Mânûs-i Khûrshêd-vînîk was born from his mother, [so called because, as he was born, some of] the light of the sun (khûrshêd) fell upon his nose (vînîk).
From Mânûs-i Khûrshêd-vînîk and his sister was Mânûs-khûrnar, and from Mânûs-khûrnar [and his sister] was Mânûskîhar born, by whom Salm and Tûg were slain in revenge for Aîrîk.
Just as Mânûskîhar was of Mânûs-khûrnar, of Mânûs-khûrnâk, who was Mâm-sozak, of Aîrak, of Thritak, of Bîtak, of Frazûsak, of Zûsak, of Fragûzak, of Gûzak, of Aîrîk, of Frêdûn, so Frâsîyâv was of Pashang, of Zaêsm, of Tûrak, of Spaênyasp, of Dûrôshasp, of Tûg, of Frêdûn.
By Frâsîyâv were Frasp-i Kûr, Sân, Shêdak, and other sons begotten; and Vispân-fryâ, from whom Kaî-Khûsrôb was born, was daughter of Frâsîyâv, and was of the same mother with Frasp-i Kûr.
From Frasp-i Kûr were Sûrâk, Asûrîk, and other children; and by them were Khvâst-aîrikht, Yazdân-aîrikht, Yazdân-sarâd, Frêh-khûrd, Lâ-vahâk, and others begotten, a recital of whom would be tedious.
When Frâsîyâv made Mânûskîhar, with the Iranians, captive in the mountain-range (gar) of Padashkh-vâr, and scattered ruin and want among them, Aghrêrad begged a favour of God (yazdân), and he obtained the benefit that the army and champions of the Iranians were saved by him from that distress.
Frâsîyâv slew Aghrêrad for that fault; and Aghrêrad, as his recompense, begat such a son as Gôpatshah.
Aûzôbô the Tûhmâspian, Kanak-i Barzist, Arawisanasp, and Vaêtand-i Râghinôid were the three sons and the daughter of Agâimasvâk, the son of Nôdar, son of Mânûskîhar, who begat Aûzôbô.
Kavâd was a child in a waist-cloth (kuspûd) they abandoned him on a river, and he froze upon the door-sills (kavâdakân); Aûzôbô perceived and took him, brought him up, and settled the name of the trembling child.
By Kavâd was Kaî-Apîvêh begotten; by Kaî-Apîvêh were Kaî-Arsh, Kaî-Vyârsh, Kaî-Pisân, and Kaî-Kâûs begotten; by Kaî-Kâûs was Sîyâvakhsh begotten; by Sîyâvakhsh was Kaî-Khûsrôb begotten.
Athrat was son of Sâhm, son of Tûrak, son of Spaênyasp, son of Dûrôshasp, son of Tûg, son of Frêdûn.
By Kaî-Lôharâsp were Vistâsp, Zarîr, and other brothers begotten; by Vistâsp were Spend-dâd and Pêshyô-tanû begotten; and by Spend-dâd were Vohûman, Âtarô-tarsah, Mitrô-tarsah, and others begotten.
Artakhshatar descendant of Pâpak—of whom his mother was daughter—was son of Sâsân, son of Vêh-âfrîd and Zarîr, son of Sâsân, son of Artakhshatar who was the said Vohûman son of Spend-dâd.
The mother of Kaî-Apîvêh was Farhank, daughter of him who is exalted on the heavenly path, Urvad-gâi-frâst, son of Râk, son of Dûrâsrôb, son of Mânûskîhar.
This, too, it says, that the glory of Frêdûn settled on the root of a reed (kanyâ) in the wide-formed ocean; and Nôktargâ, through sorcery, formed a cow for tillage, and begat children there; three years he carried the reeds there, and gave them to the cow, until the glory went on to the cow; he brought the cow, milked her milk, and gave it to his three sons; as their walking was on hoofs, the glory did not go to the sons, but to Farhank.
Nôktargâ wished to injure Farhank, but Farhank went with the glory away from the fierce (tîb) father, and made a vow (patyastâk) thus: 'I will give my first son to Aûshbâm.'
Then Aûshbâm saved her from the father; and the first son, Kaî-Apîvêh, she bore and gave to Aûshbâm, was a hero associating with Aûshbâm, and travelled in Aûshbâm's company.
And, moreover, together with those begotten by Sâm were six children in pairs, male and female; the name of one was Damnak, of one Khûsrôv, and of one Mârgandak, and the name of each man and woman together was one.
And the name of one besides them was Dastân; he was considered more eminent than they, and Sagânsîh and the southern quarter were given to him; and Avar-shatrô and the governorship were given by him to Avarnak.
of Avar-shatrô this is said, that it is the district of Avarnak, and they offered blessings to Srôsh and Ardavahist in succession; on this account is their possession of horses and possession of arms; and on account of firm religion, purity, and manifest joy, good estimation and extensive fame are greatly among them.
To Damnak the governorship of Asûristân was given; sovereignty and arranging the law of sovereignty, wilfulness and the stubborn defects they would bring, were among them.
To Sparnak the governorship of Spâhân was given; to Khûsrôv the governorship of Râi was given; to Mârgandak the kingdom, forest settlements, and mountain settlements of Padashkhvârgar were given; where they travel nomadically, and there are the forming of sheep-folds, prolificness, easy procreation, and continual triumph over enemies.