| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| King name "Chilminar and Balbec" | Persian | Two cities built by the Genii, acting under the orders of Jan ben Jan, who governed the world long before the time of Adam. Chilminar, or the "Forty Pillars," is Persepolis. These two cities were built as lurking places for the Genii to hide in. Persian |
| Goddess name "Cista" | Persia | Goddess of the Way and Mithra's companion. Persia |
| Goddess name "Daena" | Persia | Goddess of insight and revelation who meets the souls of the dead. Persia |
"Dahak" | Persia | The Satan of Persia. According to Persian mythology, the ages of the world are divided into periods of 1,000 years. When the cycle of "chiliasms" (1,000-year periods) is complete, the reign of Ormuzd will begin, and men will be all good and all happy; but this event will be preceded by the loosing of Dahak, who will break his chain and fall upon the world, and bring on man the most dreadful calamities. Two prophets will appear to cheer the oppressed, and announce the advent of Ormuzd. |
| Spirit name "Davas" | Persia | Malevolent spirits. Persia |
| Spirit name "Davas/ Daevas/ Devas/ Devs" | Persia | Rather malevolent spirits |
| Goddess name "Dena" | Persia | Goddess the daughter of Ahura Mazda. Persia |
| Goddess name "Dena" | Persian / Iran | Goddess. The daughter of the god of light AHURA MAZDA.... |
| Spirit name "Devas aka daeva" | Hindu | A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings. |
| Demon name "Dives aka Divs" | Arab | Deevs. demons of Persian mythology. According to the Koran, they are ferocious and gigantic spirits under the sovereignty of Eblis. |
| Angel name "Genii" | Indian | The Persian and Indian genii had a corporeal form, which they could change at pleasure. They were not guardian or attendant spirits, but fallen angels, dwelling in Ginnistan, under the dominion of Eblis. They were naturally hostile to man, though compelled sometimes to serve them as slaves. |
| God name "Geus Tasan" | Persian / Iran | Cattle god. The creator of cattle. Sometimes considered to be an aspect of AHURA MAZDA.... |
| God name "Geus Urvan" | Persian / Iran | Cattle god. The guardian of cattle who appears in the guise of a cow.... |
| Demon name "Ghoul" | Persian | A demon that feeds on the dead. Persian |
"Guebres" | Persia | Fire worshippers. Persia |
| God name "HERYSAF (he who is upon his lake)" | Egypt | Primeval deity åśśociated both with Osiris and Re. Herysaf is a ram god said to have emerged from the primeval ocean, possibly recreated in the form of a sacred lake at Hnes, the capital of Lower Egypt for a time at the beginning of the third millennium (during the First Intermediate Period). The god is depicted with a human torso and the head of a ram wearing the atef crown of Lower Egypt. Herysaf began as a local deity but took on national importance as the soul (ba) of RE, and of OSIRIS. Herysaf's sanctuary was enlarged by Rameses II and the god is said to have protected the life of the last Egyptian pharaoh when the Persian and later Macedonian dominations began. He eventually became syncretized with HERAKLES in Greco-Roman culture and Hnes became known as Herakleopolis ... |
| Hero name "Ham vareti" | Persia | The departed soul of a hero who hangs around to help and protect his descendants. Persia |
"Hermotimus" | Grek | Of Pedasa in Caria, fell, when a boy, into the hands of Panionius, a Chian, who made him a eunuch, and sold him to the Persians at Sardis. |
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