差分

ペルシャの詩人フェルドウスィーが977年から1010年の間に書いた叙事詩から明らかなように、彼の時代には、ディヴは伝説のマザンダラン（イランのマザンダラン州とは別）の人々と結び付けられるようになっていた<ref>https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/div, Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica</ref>。。超自然的な魔術師として登場する''ディヴ''もいるが、多くの''ディヴ''は黒人を含む明らかに悪魔のような人間であり、超自然的な力を持つが超自然的な身体的特徴を持たない存在であるように見える。

While some ''div'' appear as supernatural sorcerers, many ''div'' appear to be clearly demonized humans, including black people, attributed with supernatural strength, but no supernatural bodily features. Some people continued to worship ''div'' in their rituals during the early Islamic period, known as "Daevayasna", although probably out of fear.<ref>Reza Yousefvand Demonology & worship of Dives in Iranian local legend Assistant Professor, Payam Noor University, Department of history, Tehran. Iran Life Science Journal 2019</ref> People of Mazdaran might have been associated with such worship and therefore equated with these entities. Despite many ''div'' appear human in nature, there are also clearly supernatural ''div'', like the White Div, who is said to be as huge as a mountain.