He slew Qravara, the queen and venomous serpent, who swallowed up men and horses.

He killed Gandarewa with the golden heel, and also Cnavidhaka, who had boasted that, when he grew up, he would make the earth his wheel and heaven his chariot, that he would carry off Ahura-mazda from heaven and Angro-mainyus from hell, and yoke them both as horses to his car.
Keresaspa appears as Gershasp in the modern Persian legends, where, however, but little is said of his exploits.

In the Hindoo books he appears as Krigagva, the son of Samyama, and is called king of Vaigali, or Bengal! From these specimens the general character of the early Iranic legends appears sufficiently.

Without affording any very close resemblances in particular cases, they present certain general features which are common to the legendary lore of all the Western Arians.

They are romantic tales, not allegories; they relate with exaggerations the deeds of men, not the processes of nature.