Akvan Div (Persian: اکوان دیو) is a fantasy creature who appears in the role of Div. The subject of the story goes back to the time of Kay Khosrow. He...
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Div or dev (Persian: Dīv/Dēw: دیو) (with the broader meaning of demons or fiends) are monstrous creatures within Middle Eastern lore, and probably Persian...
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Aka Manah (redirect from Akvan-e Div)
Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp. 728–729 Khaleghi-Motlagh, Djalal (1982), "Akvān-e dīv", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 1, New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, p...
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(Zoroastrian Middle Persian; New Persian divs) are personifications of every imaginable evil. Over time, the Daeva myth as Div became integrated to islam. Daeva...
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the common enemies Rustam faces, the last one the Div-e Sepid, the demonic king of Mazandaran. The div in the Shahnameh might include both demonic supernatural...
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epithet is "of the bloody mace." Div-e Sepid: In the Shahnameh, Div-e Sepid (White Demon), is the chieftain of the Divs (demons) of Mazandaran. He is a...
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15th–early 16th century, Brooklyn Museum Scene from the Shahnameh: the Akvan Div throws the sleeping Rostam into the sea Bath scene The Simurgh, a mythical...
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Labors) of Rostam, Rostam and Sohrab, Siyavash and Sudaba, Rostam and Akvan Div, the romance of Bijan and Manijeh, the wars with Afrasiab, Daqiqi's account...
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(Zoroastrianism) Aim/Haborym (Christian demonology) Aka Manah/Akem Manah/Akoman/Akvan (Zoroastrianism) Akuma (Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Christianity) Al Ana...
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Mazandaran is the abode of great Divs in the Shahanameh. Devils with the title: Div-e Sepid, Akvan Div, and Arzhang Div have been mentioned as Shah of Mazandaran...
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Shahnameh of Ferdowsi Characters Creatures and animals Akvan Div Kharvazan Div Arzhang Div Div-e Sepid Koulad-Ghandi Huma bird Simurgh Rakhsh Shabdiz...
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the abode of great Divs (demons) - so fearful a land that no Shah of Iran dare try to conquer it. One day - so the epic relates - a Div visits Kay Kāvus...
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Odyssey put together. An essay of his was published on Rostam and the Akvān Div, thanks to the active interest of Angelo De Gubernatis. After graduating...
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Barbad in Shahnameh. “Suspending in the Air”, based on the story of Akvan-e Div in Shahnameh. “Rustam and Esfandiar”, based on the story of Rustam and...
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