Allan V. Williams
- HYDE, THOMAS
HYDE, THOMAS, D.D., English orientalist, Professor of Arabic and Hebrew in the University of Oxford, who was the first scholar…
- BĀJ (Zoroastrianism)
BĀJ, a principal Zoroastrian observance meaning primarily “utterance of consecration;” reference to bāj has been current in Mazdean literature since…
- DĒW
DĒW (demon) in the Pahlavi books. The concept of the dēw (invariably written with the Aram. ideogram ŠDYA, more often…
- ZOROASTER iv. In the Pahlavi Books
ZOROASTER iv. In the Pahlavi Books Zardušt is the name of the Zoroastrian prophet in the Pahlavi literature of the…
- ČAMRŪŠ
ČAMRŪŠ (or Činamrūs; Mēnōg ī xrad, chap. 61.11), a mythical bird that in the Pahlavi books, of all birds of…
- BŪŠĀSP
BŪŠĀSP (Young Av. Būšyąsta-, Pahl. bwšʾsp, Man. Mid. Pers. bwšyʾsp, NPers. būš(y)āsb/p, gūšāsb/p, būšyās), the name of a demon in…