Rostam's Seven Trials (Haft Khan-e Rostam)
To rescue King Kay Kavus, captured by the White Demon (Div-e Sepid) in Mazandaran, Rostam undertakes seven impossible labors: (1) Killing Rakhsh's attacker, a ferocious lion; (2) Surviving a waterless desert with his horse Rakhsh; (3) Slaying a monstrous dragon; (4) Killing a powerful witch through divine discernment; (5) Capturing the warrior Olad to serve as guide; (6) Defeating the giant Arzhang Div; and (7) The ultimate trial — battling and killing the White Demon (Div-e Sepid) himself in the demon's cave, using the demon's own liver to restore the blinded king's sight. This epic is the Pe