Crossword-Solution: DAHAK 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 13

From Ahuramazda descends Thrætaona or Feridun, the killer of the serpent (azhi) Dahâka, or Dahak, or Zohak, the three-headed dragon which Anhromainyu created to destroy the beautiful in the world, as the strongest of monsters.[582] In Hindoo tradition we find the bird Garuḍas on the side of the gods, and the Nâgas or serpent on that of the demons; so, in Persian tradition, the bird Simurg is on the side of the gods, and the serpent or sea-monster on that of the demons.

CHAPTER XXIII Upon the morrow Barakah had quite forgotten the old woman; she was lounging on a sofa, smoking after breakfast, watching the slave-girls dress Muhammad, when Umm ed-Dahak stole in barefoot, making reverence.

Barakah looked forward to the change with high indifference, though Umm ed-Dahak strove to waken her enthusiasm, crying: “Thou wilt now have eunuchs and a carriage of thy very own.

When she told Umm ed-Dahak of her grief, expecting sympathy, the latter smiled and said: “The right is with her.

Her intimates were welcomed in a large apartment with cushioned dais and divans round the wall, where she herself was wont to sit with Umm ed-Dahak, though sometimes they would camp upon the housetop under sunshades.