Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Pairikas" | Persia | Goddesses of drought. Persia |
God name "Rasnu" | Persian / Iran | God of påśśage and justice. The guardian of the bridge which leads to the otherworld. He weighs souls in the scales at the final judgment.... |
"Rustam" | Greek | The Deev-bend and Persian Hercules, famous for his victory over the white dragon named Asdeev. He was the son of Zal, prince of Sedjistan. The exploits attributed to him must have been the aggregate of exploits performed by numerous persons of the same name. His combat for two days with Prince Isfendiar is a favourite subject with the Persian poets. |
Goddess name "Sadwes" | Persia | A goddess Rain, of storms, thunder, lightning, hail, snow |
"Seemurgh" | Persian | The wonderful bird that could speak all the languages of the world, and whose knowledge embraced past, present, and future events. Persian |
"Simorgh" | Persian | Gigantic bird like the hippogriff or griffin; half phoenix, half lion. Persian |
Goddess name "Sirara" | Akkadia | Goddess of the Persian Gulf. In creation mythology she is given charge over the waters of the Gulf by the god Enki Akkadia |
Goddess name "Sirara" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Goddess of the Persian Gulf. In creation mythology she is given charge over the waters of the Gulf by the god ENKI.... |
"Soma" | Vedic | A plant, ritual, intoxicating drink and divinity among Vedic and greater Persian cultures. |
God name "Vata" | Hindu / Persian | God of the wind and a deity with a violent personality. Hindu / Persian |
God name "Vata" | Hindu / Vedic / / Persian / Iran | God of wind. The name appears in the Rg Veda as a deity of violent personality. According to Asvestan tradition the god of victory, VERETHRAGNA, appeared to Zarathustra in the guise of Vata.... |
God name "Verethragna" | Persian / Iran | God of victories. He is embodied by the wild boar which possesses iron-shod feet to crush opponents and is perceived to be present in the wind.... |
God name "Verethragna Persia" | Iran | The god of victory, he is perceived to be present in the wind |
"Yezd" | Persia | Chief residence of the Fire-worshippers. They have kept the sacred fire alight above 3,000 years, without suffering it to go out for a second. The sacred fire is on the mountain Ater Quedah (Mansion of the Fire), and he is deemed unfortunate who dies away from the mountain. Persia |
King name "Yima" | Persia | The first human, the first king of the world. His brother divided him, whereby the earth, life and social order were created. Persia |
"Zabian" | Chaldees / Persians | A worshipper of the Sun, moon, and stars. The Chaldees and ancient Persians were Zabians. |
"Zal" | Persian | Son of Sam Neriman, exposed on Mount Elburz, because he was born with white hair, and therefore supposed to be the offspring of a deer. He was brought up by the wonderful bird Seemurgh, and when claimed by his father, received from the foster-bird a feather to give him insight into futurity. Persian |
"Zam" | Iranian | The Indo-Iranian concept for "earth", prototyped as a chemical element in ancient philosophy, and as a minor divinity in Zoroastrianism and later Persian mythology. |