== 民話 ==
=== アルメニア ===
アルメニア神話や様々なアルメニア民話では、ディヴ(アルメニア語:դև)は親切な存在にもなるし、特別に悪意ある役割としても登場するアルメニア神話や様々なアルメニア民話では、ディヴ(アルメニア語:դև)は親切な存在にもなるし、特別に悪意ある役割としても登場い<ref>Marshall, Bonnie C. (trans.) , Tashjian , Virginia A. , year=2007 , The Flower of Paradise and Other Armenian Tales , =https://books.google.com/books?id=jT5ic_D-XAcC&pg=PA26 , Westport, Conn. , Libraries Unlimited , page=27 , isbn=9781591583677 , oclc=231684930 , 25 February 2020</ref>。、半神的な起源を持っている。
and has a semi-divine origin. Dev is a very large being with an immense head on his shoulders, and with eyes as large as earthen bowls.<ref name=Ananikian>{{Cite book |last=Ananikian |first=Mardiros Harootioon |year=2010 |title=Armenian Mythology: Stories of Armenian Gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Heroines, Hells & Heavens, Folklore & Fairy Tales |location=Los Angeles |publisher=IndoEuropeanPublishing.com |isbn=9781604441727 |oclc=645483426}}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Some of them may have only one eye. Usually, there are Black and White Devs. However, both of them can either be malicious or kind.
The White Dev is present in [[Hovhannes Tumanyan]]'s tale "Yedemakan Tzaghike" ([[Armenian language|Arm.]]: Եդեմական Ծաղիկը), translated as "The Flower of Paradise". In the tale, the Dev is the flower's guardian.