Dregvant

Dregvant: In Persian lore and ZOROASTRIANISM, a wicked and unrighteous DEMON of luxury and vice. Dregvants was a name given to the residents of the city of Gilan south of the Caspian Sea, who were considered to be fiends incarnate.

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Darvand — For the city in Iran, see Darvand, Iran. A Darvand is a child of an angel and a human, usually a male angel and a woman. Darvand creatures appear in Anne Eliza Smith s novel Seola published in 1878. Devas (or angels) and Darvands are defined… … Wikipedia
Daeva — (daēuua, daāua, daēva) in Avestan language meaning a being of shining light , is a term for a particular sort of supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics. Equivalents in Iranian languages include Pashto dêw (Uber ghost, demon, giant) … Wikipedia
Zoroaster — /zawr oh as teuhr, zohr , zawr oh as teuhr, zohr /, n. fl. 6th century B.C., Persian religious teacher. Also called Zarathustra. * * * or Zarathustra born с 628, probably Rhages, Iran died с 551 BCE Iranian religious reformer and prophet, founder … Universalium
Zoroastrianism — /zawr oh as tree euh niz euhm, zohr /, n. an Iranian religion, founded c600 B.C. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu,… … Universalium

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