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Ruyintan

Ruyintan means "Invulnerable" (which is written as رویین تن in Persian).^[1] In Persian, the word consists of ruyin meaning "strong(as brazen)" and tan meaning "body, person."

In Persian literature and mythology, Ruyintan is an epithet of crown prince Esfandiar, a legendary Iranian hero from the 11th-century epic poem Shahnameh written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi.

Ruyintan defines a character that is invulnerable to harm, and there are similar stories in Germanic, Norse, and Greek mythologies that include such heroic warriors with their unique ways of invulnerability.

Two stories have been told about Esfandiar's invulnerability: one is that Zoroaster fed Esfandiar a pomegranate and he gained eternal life, which made him invulnerable. Another story is that Esfandiar took a dip in the mythical River on Zoroaster's order and became Invulnerable. In addition, Zoroaster gave Esfandiar a chain and armor from Heaven that also made him invincible with a divine blessing to protect the prince.^[2]

In Germanic mythology, Siegfried is a Germanic heroic legend, He slays a dragon and bathes in its blood, which makes him invulnerable to harm.^[3]

In Norse mythology, when Baldr, son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, began to have dreams of his death, Frigg went around to everything in the world and secured from each of them an oath to not harm her son, which made him invulnerable to harm.^[4]

In Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The story goes that his mother, Thetis, made him invulnerable by dipping him in the River Styx while he was still an infant. (The story is also known as Achilles heel.)

Being Ruyintan can be a sign of the desire of humans to wish for immortality and invulnerability.