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: RostamMother of the champion Rostam; the existing zoroastrian_rostam should carry zoroastrian_rudaba in parentIds.Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (birth of Rostam, son of Zal and Rudaba) (primary)
• spouse: ZalWife of Zal of Sistan; reciprocal of the spouse edge on zoroastrian_zal.Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (the wooing and wedding of Zal and Rudaba) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (the tale of Zal and Rudaba) (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, article Rudaba (secondary)