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In the seventeenth chapter of the Vendidad, there is a prescription devoted to pairings of nails and clippings of hair, which as soon as they are separated from the body, belong to the Evil One as abodes of uncleanliness. Hair and nails taken from the dead are mentioned in the fable of how Zoroaster converted the royal family to the new doctrine, and how he escaped a plot against his life. According to the story, courtiers hid bones in his room, together with hair and nails robbed from the dead. Accused of wizardry, Zoroaster was condemned to be hung. At this moment the king's horse fell sick; its legs had entered its body. "Free me," said the prophet, "and I'll restore one leg." Freedom was granted, and the leg came forth. "Lord," said Zoroaster, "if thou wilt embrace my creed, I will restore the second leg." After the king's conversion, the two remaining legs were also restored, but only after the rest of the royal family and his court had become Zoroastrians.
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