In the Zoroastrian religion, a daeva is a demonic and destructive being. Daevas are combated by the ahuras who help to uphold the moral law. - Pad of Definitions, Official WebsiteContents |
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In Shadow, the demon Meg bound a group of daevas in Chicago, Illinois. She uses them to kill a number of people originally from Lawrence, Kansas, to lured Dean and Sam Winchester, and then John Winchester, to Chicago. At Meredith McDonnell's crime scene, Dean recognizes the blood splatter in the shape of a "Z". He calls one of John's old contacts, Caleb, for help in identifying the symbol and is told it is the Zoroastrian symbol for daevas and very old. When Dean and Sam go to confront Meg, she sets the daevas on them to capture them. Sam escapes long enough to break Meg's hold over the daevas by breaking the black altar. The daevas turn on Meg and throw her out of a 7th story window. Later, she regains control of the daevas using a talisman/amulet and sends them after the Winchesters in their motel room. Sam cuts the attack short by using a flare to light up the room and remove all shadows. The Winchesters leave town before the flare can go out, John going one way, Dean and Sam going another.
In ancient Persian mythology they are demons who cause plagues and diseases and who fight every form of religion. They are the male servants (or followers) of Angra Mainyu, also known as Ahriman. The female servants are called the Drugs. Together they fight Ahuru Mazda (Ormazd) and his Amesha Spentas.
Originally, the Daevas, together with the Ahuras, were a classification of gods and spirits. In later Persian religion they were degraded to a lesser kind of beings, demons. The word 'devil' is derived from their name.
The seven archdemons of the Daevas are: Aesma Daeva, Aka Manah, Indra, Nanghaithya, Saurva, Tawrich and Zarich.
Daeva (daēuua, daāua, daēva) is an Avestan language term for a particular sort of supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics. In the Gathas, the oldest texts of the Zoroastrian canon, the daevas are "wrong gods" or "false gods" or "gods that are (to be) rejected". This meaning is - subject to interpretation - perhaps also evident in the Old Persian "daiva inscription" of the 5th century BCE. In the Younger Avesta, the daevas are noxious creatures that promote chaos and disorder. In later tradition and folklore, the dēws (Zoroastrian Middle Persian; New Persian divs) are personifications of every imaginable evil.
A shadow demon that is very volatile. It hides in the shadows and preys on its victims, viciously ripping them apart. Daevas are very savage, animalistic, nasty attitudes. Dean describes them as similar to demonic pit bulls. They tend to bite the hand (and the arm, and the torso...) that feeds them. They have to be summoned.