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creation (each culture has its own version of the creation of the universe, some more than one) (DM.251)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MAPS


PH-

PH \ RACE-

PH \ CLASS
Akhtya (the chief of the Yatis, the Zoroasterian sorcerers) (DM.42)
Atharvan (a fire priest) (DM.107)

PH \ ALIGNMENT
Drugh (the force of disorder) (.305)

PH \ SKILL-
Ahktar (the 12 constellations of the zodiac) (DM.42)

PH \ FEAT-

PH \ DESCRIPTION
Faiths +

PH \ EQUIPMENT-
$ pp = . gp = . sp = . cp = . bp = .

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ ARMS

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ ARMOR

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ HERBS
Herbs = .

PH \ EQUIPMENT \ HIRELINGS
Caut (a torch bearer) (DM.197)
Cautopat (DM.198)

PH \ SPELL-


DDG-

Myths = .

baga (a name for god) (DM.122)

Adversary, The (a name for Ahriman) (DM.22)

Aftab [=Babylonian Samas] (a sun deity) (DM.28)

Ahriman (the Zoroastrian evil principle) (god of darkness) (DM.36)
    Angra Mainya (an underworld-god, god of darkness) (the Zoroasterian evil principle later identified with Ahriman) (DM.70)

Ahurani (a Zoroasterian water-goddess, goddess of fertility, health and prosperity) (DM.36)

Airyaman (a god of friendship and healing) (DM.40)

Aniran (a sky-god assisting Kshathra Varya) (DM.71)

Apam Napat (god of fresh water) (son of Vourukasha) (lover of Anahita) (DM.78)

Ardokhsha (a goddess of good fortune) [=Greek Tyche] (DM.86)

Arishtat (a goddess of truth and honesty) (DM.90)

Arsaces (a divine ancestor of the Persians) (DM.92)

Ashi (a beneficient deity) (daughter of Amaitis) (DM.99)

Augne-Baugauven (a god of fire) (DM.112)

DDG \ B
Bahram (a god of victory, god of Mars and god of travellers) (DM.123)
Biducht (a love-goddess) [=Greek Aphrodite] (.148)

DDG \ D
Dervaspa (a guardian deity of cattle) (.283)

DDG \ AHURA MAZDA
Ahura Mazda (god of light and creator-god) (the Zoroastrian good principle) (father of Atar, Dena, Haoma, Mithra and Zoroaster) (DM.36)

Bag-Mashtu (a sky-god, predecessor of Ahura Mazda) (DM.122)

DDG \ AHURA MAZDA \ AMESHA SPENTAS
Amesha Spentas (7 aspects of Ahura Mazda) (DM.58)

Ameratat (goddess of water and vegetation) (one of the Amesha spentas) (an aspect of Ahura Mazda as 'immortality') (daughter of Ahura Mazda) (DM.58)
Armaiti (one of the 7 Amesha Spentas) (goddess of justice) (an aspect of Ahura Mazda as 'devotion') (dau of Ahura Mazda) (mother of Ashi) (DM.91)
Asha Vahishta (one of the Amesha Spentas) (one of the Yazatas) (an aspect of Ahura Mazda, 'truth') (DM.99)

DDG \ G
Geush Tasan [Geus Tasan] (a cattle-god) (.410)

DDG \ K
    Asman (a sky-god assisting Kshathra Varya) (DM.101)

DDG \ KASSITE
Buriash (a storm-god or war-god of the Kassites) (.178)
Dur (a Kassite god of the underworld) (.308)

DDG \ MITHRA \ MITHRAISM
Dadophori (in Mithraism, the twins life and death) (DM.266)

DDG \ PERSONIFICATIONS
Aranzakh (a river-god, the Tigris personified) (DM.83)
Dena (a goddess, religion personified) (dau of Ahura Mazda) (.282)
Eradatfedhri (the personification of virginity) (DM.341)

DDG \ YAZATAS
Anahita (a water-goddess, fertility-goddess and goddess of the dawn) (one of the Yazatas) (sister of Mihr an Nane) (DM.64)

Anaitis (one of the Yazatas assisting women at childbirth) (DM.64)
Apo (a Zoroasterian spirit of sweet waters) (one of the Yazatas) (DM.80)
Atar (a fire-god) (son of Ahura-Mazda) (one of the Yazatas) (DM.106)

Drvaspa (one of the Yazatas) (.305)
Frobach (a sacred fire) (one of the yazatas, fire personified) (DM.388)

DDG \ PLANESCAPE
Airyano Vaejo (a happy land: a paradise or Eden) (DM.40)

Duzzakh (purgatory) (DM.310)

Garo Nmana (a paradise, home of the faithful dead) (DM.401)

DDG \ PLANESCAPE \ FIRE
City of Brass (a city said to have been built by Alexander the Great) (.224)


MM-

Al (half-monster, half-human, half-animal) (DM.43)
Asaph (a mythical keeper of the forests) (DM.97)

animals (many animals (and birds) appear in mythologies worldwide, often as supports for the world) (DM.71)

MM \ A
Chur (an archangel) (a quadrant of the sun's disc) (.221)

MM \ B
boar (a fierce animal of the pig family, featured in many stories worldwide) (DM.157)

bull (a male bovine animal typifying strength, fecundity, stupidity, which plays a role in many mythologies) (DM.177)
    Geush Urvan [Gesurvan.Geus Urvan.Goshurun.Goshurvan] (a primaeval bull) (.410)

MM \ BIRD
birds (birds in various forms feature in many mythologies) (DM.150)
Asho-Zushta (the owl) (DM.99)
Bahram Yasht (a fabulous bird of fire) (DM.123)
Caena-maergha (a monstrous evil bird) (.182)
Camrosh (a fabulous bird) (DM.188)

eagle (a large bird of prey) (DM.314)

MM \ D
Bushyanasta (a demon of lethargy: a druj) (.178)
dendan (a sea monster in The Arabian Nights) (.282)
Druj (the place of torment: a name for Angra Mainya: a female demon of falsehood) (.305)

MM \ DEMON
Akwan (an evil demon) (DM.43)
Aeshma (a demon of violence opposing Sarosha or Vohu Manah) (DM.27)
Afrasiyah (a demon of draught) (brother of Keresavazdah) (DM.28)
Agas (a demon causing illness) (DM.29)
Akah Manah (a demon of evil thought opposing Vohu Manah) (DM.41)
Apaosha (a demon of drought) (DM.78)
Ardad (a demon who misdirects travellers) (DM.85)
Arezoshamana (a demon killed by Keresaspa) (DM.87)
Arzang (DM.97)
Asto-vidhotu (a plague demon) (DM.103)
Austatikco-Pauligaur (a group of 8 demons guarding the world) (DM.114)
Az (the female principle of greed) (DM.117)

Damrukh Nara (a demon) (.270)
Dew-i-safid (nscc, the demon who captured and blinded Kay Kaus) [The White Demon] (.285)
Dir (a demon) (.293)
Druj Nasu (a corpse demon that takes possession of the dead in the form of a fly) (.305)

MM \ DEMON \ AUSTATIKCO-PAULIGAUR
Eemen (a demon, one of the Austatikco-Pauligaur) (DM.318)
Essaunien (a demon, one of the Austatikco-Pauligaur) (DM.318)

MM \ DEMON \ CAMBION
Autak (a half-human demon) (mother of Azhi Dahak) (DM.114)

MM \ DRAGON
Asdeev (a white dragon defeated by Rustem) (DM.98)

Azhi Dahak (a 3-headed demon of destruction) (son of Angra Mainyu and Autak) (consort of Druj) [Azhdak.Azhi Dahaka.Bevarash.Dahak(i).Dahhak.Dhaki.Ezhdeha.Vishap(a).Zah(h)ak.Zuhak] (DM.118)
    Ezhdeha (a demon, a form of Azhi Dahak) (.353)

MM \ F
fish (fish are sacred in some cultures, in others they play an active role in their myths) [ichthys] (DM.376)

MM \ G
Gandarewa (a sea-monster) (DM.398)
Ghol [=Arab ghul] (a ghoul) (.410)

MM \ GENIE
Bad (a storm jinee) (DM.121)
Burzhin (genii, members of the yazata) (.178)

div (an evil spirit: a jinee) (.294)

MM \ SPIRIT
Abans (a spirit that inhabits iron ore mines) (DM.12)
Akoman (an evil spirit that takes possession of liars) (DM.42)

Berejya (a guardian spirit) (DM.143)

fravashi (a guardian spirit: an ancestral spirit) (DM.386)

MM \ ENCOUNTERS
 
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DMG-

DMG \ MAGIC ITEM-
Avesta (sacred writings: the Zoroasterian bible) (DM.115)
    datik (part of the Avesta) (DM.274)
    gatha (part of the Avesta) (DM.402)

barsom (a charm) (DM.130)

Bundahishn (writings about the creation and it's purpose) (DM.177)

Dinkard (a Zoroasterian text) (DM.292)

DMG \ NPCs-
first humans (most cultures have storeis of the first human beings and how they came into existence) (DM.375)
    Gayomart (a primaeval man created from the sweat of Ahura Mazda) (fa of Siyamak) (DM.405)

Abdallah the Fisherman (a character in The Arabian Nights) (DM.12)
Abou Hassan (a rich merchant) (DM.14)
Ahaharnaz (one of the wives of Azhi Dahak) (DM.35)
Alnaschar (brother of the barber in The Arabian Nights) (DM.51)
Aranvaz (one of the wives of Azhi Dahak) (DM.83)
Arda Viraz (a man who visited the underworld) (DM.85)
Ardashir (a hero) (son of Babak) (DM.85)
Arejataspa (an opponent of Zoroaster) (DM.86)
Athwya (a primaeval hero) (DM.108)
Azadeh (a slave girl) (DM.117)

Babak (father of Ardashir) (DM.120)
Bahman (son of Isfandiyar) (DM.123)

Dal (a hero who fell in love with a girl he had never seen) (.269)

Eraj (son of Thraetona by Ahaharnaz or Aranvaz) (bro of Salm and Tur) (DM.340)

Fatima (a female hermit) (DM.358)
Fidausi (the 10th c author of Shah Name) (.372)

Gew (son of Gudarz) (.410)

DMG \ NPCs \ M
    Bab-ed-Din ('the Gate of Righteousness', a name of Mirza Ali Mohammed) (DM.120)

DMG \ NPCs \ SAGES
Aosnara (a sage) (DM.78)
Arta Viraf (a sage who visited the Otherworld and returned safely) (DM.93)

DMG \ ADVENTURES-
Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (the story of the various wonders of the world then existing) (DM.40)
Anwar-u-Subali (the modern Persian version of the Panchantantra)

DMG \ GLOSSARY
(fire plays a part in many mythologies, sometimes for the benefit of man, sometimes to destroy the world, sometimes to carry a soul to heaven) (DM.372)



 
 

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carnelian (red chalcedony, a semi-precious stone formerly called sardius) (DM.194)

HISTORY-

INTRIGUE-

JUSTICE-

KINGS- (PADISHAHS-)
Arsacids (a dynasty said to be descended from Arsaces) (DM.92)

Astyages (a king of Media) (DM.104)

Aurvataspos (the man to whom Kay Khusraw handed his throne when he disappeared into the mountains) (DM.113)

Bahram Gur (foster son of the king of Hira) (DM.123)
Bedreddin Hassan (a prince) (DM.137)

Camaralzaman (a prince in the Arabian Nights story of The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and Badoura) (.187)

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Bahram fire (sacred fire) (DM.123)

Barashnum (a ceremony to expel demons that lasts for 9 days) (DM.128)

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Aredvi (a mythical river, one of the 4 flowing from the lake on the holy mountain, Mount Alburz) (DM.86)
Aredvi Sura Anahita (a lake on Mount Alburz) (DM.86)
Atash Bahram (a fire temple) (DM.106)
Atesha-ga (a place near the sea) (DM.106)

Bagistane (a sacred rock peak) (DM.123)

Castle of Light (the site where the devout may reach the divine presence) (.195)
Chinvat Bridge (the bridge leading from the top of Mount Alburz into heaven) (DM.216)
    Chinvat Puhl (the Pahlavi name for the Chinvat Bridge) (DM.216)

Desert of Demons (a part of the realm of Jinnestan) (.283)
Desert of Monsters (part of the realm of Jinnestan) (.283)

Gaokerena (the tree on which grew the fruit of immortality) (DM.400)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


end of the world (each culture has it's own version of how the world will end) (DM.333)


Ecology Fund

Reduce - Reuse - Recycle


frashkart (the final renewal after the destruction of the world by fire) (DM.386)