大洪水が起こるまでは、神々は顕在的(''ashkar'')であり、はっきりした存在(''zaher'')だった。その後、神々は隠れてしまった<ref>''Persian Literature as World Literature'' (2021). USA: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 43</ref>。
=== Sufi Literature スーフィー文学 ===
The term ''div'' was still widely used in the [[Adab (Islam)|adab]] [[Islamic literature|literature]] for personifications of vices.<ref>Davaran, F. (2010). Continuity in Iranian Identity: Resilience of a Cultural Heritage. Vereinigtes Königreich: Taylor & Francis. p. 207</ref> They represent the evil urges of the stage to the [[nafs|''al-nafs al-ammarah'']] in [[Sufism]].<ref>Turkish Studies
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