1About three dozen daevas named in Zian texts, and more referred to.
2I forsake also all Daeva like beings, witches, wizards, and the like.
3Tradition in medieval Zoroastrianism discouraged eating after dark, since daevas were out then.
4Daevas vulnerable to fire, and drawn to the physical processes of the human body.
5Daevas sometimes blame for natural disasters that happened at night.
6Named daevas: Angra, Mainyu (later Ahriman), Sarva, Indra, Nanghaithya, Tauru, Zairi, Nasu.
7Now cease I to be a Daeva worshipper and make profession of the religion of Ahura-Mazda, proclaimed by Zarathustra.