In the Persian epic of Shahnameh Div-e Sepid (Persian: دیو سپید, lit. White Demon), is the chieftain of the Divs (demons) of Mazandaran. He is a huge being. He possesses great physical strength and is…
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Daeva
Daeva (Avestan: daēuua) is an Avestan language term for a particular sort of supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics. In the Gathas, the oldest texts of the Zoroastrian canon, the daevas are “gods that are (to…
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Bushyasta (Demon)
Bushyasta (Avestan, būšyāsta, būšiiąstā) is the Zoroastrian demon (daeva) of “Sloth”. Her stock epithet is “the long-handed.”
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In the Persian epic of Shahnameh Div-e Sepid, or Div-e Sefid (Persian: دیو سپید or دیو سفید, lit. White Demon), is the chieftain of the Divs (demons) of Mazandaran. He is a huge being. He…
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