they say Zahhak is still chained inside Damavand and the snakes on his shoulders eat his brain forever

Grew up near Tehran, you see Damavand on a clear day, this perfect white cone, and grandmother always said don't point at it rudely because the dragon-king sleeps inside. This is straight out of the old stuff, Avesta first then Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Zahhak (Aži Dahāka) was a king the devil Ahriman c……