Rudaba

Persian Rudaba (Rudabeh), princess of Kabul, wife of Zal and mother of Rostam, whose birth she survives with the Simorgh aid. Named in the prose of zoroastrian_rostam (son of Zal and Rudaba).

Children

• Rostam

Domains

• heroic champion

Powers

• lets down her long black tresses from the tower as a rope for her lover Zal

Relations

• mother of: Rostam
• spouse: Zal

Sources

• Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (the tale of Zal and Rudaba)
• Encyclopaedia Iranica, article Rudaba