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During the time of Zarathustra the same word (Div) received the notion of demon in the Iranian tradition. In Zoroastrianism and the Avesta, the ahuras are supreme, while the daevas are demonic. This has been offered as an argument for a religious split between early Indo-Aryans and Iranians. The Avesta (dated to about 1700 BCE) has recorded very ancient Iranian beliefs, including many demons and their attributes. Some of these demons are also found in Indian literature, due perhaps to a common Indo-Iranian heritag ...

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Demon - Demons in ancient Persia

During the time of Zarathustra the same word (Div) received the notion of demon in the Iranian tradition. In Zoroastrianism and the Avesta, the ahuras are supreme, while the daevas are demonic. This has been offered as an argument for a religious split between early Indo-Aryans and Iranians. The Avesta (dated to about 1700 BCE) has recorded very ancient Iranian beliefs, including many demons and their attributes. Some of these demons are also found in Indian literature, due perhaps to a common Indo-Iranian heritage. In Zoroastrianism, many aspects of the world are explained by the battle between the ahuras and the daevas, which is characterized by the conflict between light and darkness. Ahura mazda, the Supreme God, represents the light. The chief of the evil spirits is Angira Mainyu (a.k.a. Ahriman).

Some of the more important demons of ancient Persia, with their Middle-Persian pronunciations:

Astwihad: a demon of death.
Az: the demon of greed.
Bushasp: the demon of sloth.
Druj: demon of the lie, falsehood.
Xeshm: demon of Fury/Wrath.
Indar: Name of a demon. Compare Hindu Indra.
Nasa: demon of putrefaction.
Spozgar: demon of thunderstorms.
Tishn: demon of thirst.

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