Súsen

Role: sorceress · First appears: Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 1

Life events

• Afrásiyáb agreed to Súsen's proposal to use sorcery against Rustem and his family.(Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 1)
  • With: Afrásiyáb
  • “Afrásiyáb at first refused to avail himself of her power, but was presently induced, by a manifestation of her skill, to consent to what she proposed.”
• Afrásiyáb appointed Pílsam to accompany Súsen, and they set off on their journey.(Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 1)
  • With: Afrásiyáb Pílsam
  • “Afrásiyáb appointed Pílsam, duly supplied with the requisites, and the warrior and the sorceress set off on their journey, people being stationed conveniently on the road to hasten the first tidings of their success to the king.”
• Tús entered Súsen's residence after learning that travellers were entertained there.(Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 1)
  • With: Tús
  • “Hungry, and curious to see what was going on, Tús dismounted, and leaving his horse with the attendants, entered the principal apartment, where he saw a fascinating female, and was transported with joy.”
• Súsen escaped from the fort and fled to Afrásiyáb.(Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 2 · 📍 fort)
  • With: Afrásiyáb
  • “In the meantime Súsen, the sorceress, escaped from the fort, and fled to Afrásiyáb.”

Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 1

• with Afrásiyáb (Súsen offers Afrásiyáb magical assistance against Rustem.) “a woman named Súsen, deeply versed in magic and sorcery, came to him, and promised by her potent art to put him in the way of destroying Rustem and his whole family.”

Súsen and Afrásiyáb · Part 2

• with Tús (Tús agrees to escort Súsen.) “The deception worked effectually on the mind of Tús, and he at once entered into the notion of escorting her to Kai-khosráu.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Sháh Námeh. Made with Rho MD.