The Armenian name Azhdahak is presented in the cited materials as the Armenian lexicalization of the Avestan Azhi Dahaka; one source notes the Armenian form was borrowed from Parthian (Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 ʾjdhʾg). Armenian medieval historiographical writing (notably Movses Khorenatsi as cited in summaries) also interprets or identifies Azhdahak with the historical Median king Astyages — an interpretive, historiographical assimilation based on phonetic and semantic associations rather than an independent indigenous origin narrative.
The supplied Armenian materials do not provide a detailed native physical description of Azhdahak. The identification is linguistic and mythic with the Avestan Azhi Dahaka, which in Iranian tradition is typically a serpent/dragon-like being; however, no original Armenian textual description or iconographic detail for Azhdahak itself is attested in the provided sources.
In the Iranian mythic frame cited by the Armenian entry, Azhi Dahaka/Azhdahak is a malign mythic adversary who is imprisoned (traditionally on Mount Damavand in Iranian accounts) and prophesied to break out at the end of time, after which he will be ultimately defeated by the hero Fereydun. Armenian reception in the cited sources treats Azhdahak in that same mythic-adversary role or, in historiographical writings, reframes the name as an identifier for the Median king Astyages. The provided sources do not enumerate further specific powers or behaviors in Armenian lore.
Azariah IV
Azariah IV is presented in the supplied materials as a label applied to a biblical/historical person bearing the theophoric name Azariah (Hebrew Azaryah/Azari'ah). The sources do not treat Azariah IV as a supernatural being; rather, Azariah is one of several individuals named in Israelite genealogies, priestly lists, and prophetic narratives (e.g., 1 Chronicles 6; prophetic episode with King Asa).
Azatiwada
Azatiwada was a historical late-Hittite (Neo-Hittite) dynast — a local ruler of the Karatepe (Karatepe-Aslantas) fortress in Cilicia whose bilingual Phoenician–Luwian inscription (the Karatepe or Azatiwada inscription) records building works, dedications, and administrative/ritual formulae.
Azazel
In earliest biblical usage Azazel is a ritual locus or destination in the Yom Kippur scapegoat rite to which communal sins are sent; in later Second Temple and subsequent Christian and Islamic receptions Azazel becomes personified as a fallen angel associated with rebellion and the transmission of forbidden knowledge to humans.
Azazil
Azazil (Arabic: ʿAzāzīl; also recorded as Ḥārith) is the pre-fall name or identity in Islamic tradition of the being later identified as Iblis. In exegetical and mystical literature he appears as a high-ranking celestial figure—variously described as leader of angels or as of jinnly origin—whose prideful refusal to obey God's command to prostrate before the newly created human results in his expulsion and permanent damnation as Iblis.
Azeus
Azeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀζεύς; also Aezeius Ἀζειός) is a mortal figure in Greek mythic genealogies, identified as a Minyan prince of Orchomenus. He is recorded as the youngest son of King Clymenus and as a participant in a vengeance expedition against Thebes; through his descendants he is an ancestor of leaders who fought at Troy.
Azhdaha (Aždahā)
Azhdaha (also Aždahā) is a serpentine/draconic monster in Persian literary and folkloric tradition, depicted as a gigantic, often dangerous creature that may inhabit air, sea, or land and appears in epic and cosmological texts.
Azimua
Azimua (earlier Ninazimua) is a Mesopotamian goddess attested from the Ur III period onward, primarily known as the wife/consort of the god Ningishzida and in some traditions functioning as an underworld-associated figure or scribe. She was worshiped in southern Mesopotamia (notably Ur and Umma) and appears in a fragmentary myth, Ningishzida and Ninazimua, which concerns an exchange of messages with her temporarily deceased husband.
Aziza
In West African traditional belief the Aziza are a beneficent class of small, forest-dwelling supernatural beings who aid people—especially hunters—by providing 'good magic' and practical and spiritual knowledge. They are associated with anthills and silk‑cotton (kapok) trees and are portrayed as helpful rather than hostile.
Azovka (Azov Girl)
Azovka, often called the Azov Girl in English summaries, is a female supernatural figure named in Pavel Bazhov’s Ural skaz tale "Beloved Name." The supplied sources identify her as a character from Ural-region folklore as represented in Bazhov’s miners’ tales but provide no detailed description or independent folkloric tradition beyond that tale reference.
Azrael
Azrael is the canonical angel of death in Islamic tradition and appears earlier in apocryphal Christian literature; portrayed as a high‑ranking, God‑ordained psychopomp who removes and transports souls, keeps a register of human fates, and acts only under divine command. In some extra‑Quranic and exegetical accounts he is depicted with vast, awe‑inspiring physical attributes and in a few apocryphal Christian texts he is associated with punitive afterlife functions.
Azukiarai
Azukiarai is a Japanese folkloric phenomenon — a yokai-associated auditory apparition characterized by the uncanny sound of azuki (red) beans being washed or ground near water. In stories the sound can lure listeners toward rivers or ponds; accounts vary between treating it as an unseen spirit, a grotesque short humanlike yokai, or the misattributed noise of trickster animals such as tanuki or weasels.
Azukibabaa
Azukibabaa (あずきばばあ, "bean hag") is a Japanese yōkai represented as an old-woman figure whose presence is signaled by the sound of azuki beans being handled (azukiarai). Found in regional folk narratives around Kantō and nearby prefectures, she lures or unnerves night travelers and in some localities is said to scoop up or swallow passersby.
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- [1]Azhdahak (mythology) — Wikipedia. "Azhdahak (Old Armenian: Աժդահակ, also spelled Ashdahak) is the Armenian form of the name of the Avestan demon Azhi Dahaka... In Iranian mythology, he is imprisoned in Mount Damavand, but will at the end of time break out, to be ultimately defeated by Fereydun. Movses Khorenatsi identified Azhdahak with the Median king Astyages (r. 564–550 BC). The Armenian form Azhdahak was borrowed from Parthian (compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 ʾjdhʾg)."wiki
- [2]Azhdaha — Wikipedia. Entry on Persian/related dragon term and serpent/dragon traditions (used as background for serpent/dragon conceptual class).wiki
- [3]Biwraspi Azhdahak ew hamaynavarn Mazdak hay awandave'pi me'j e"st Movse's Xorenats'woy [Biwraspi Azhdahak and the Communist Mazdak in the Armenian Epic according to Movse's Xorenats'i]. 1936 article (archival reference) cited in the research notes regarding Armenian epic receptions and Movses Khorenatsi's usages.other
- [4]Volcano Azhdahak – Ancient Armenia - Art-A-Tsolum. Place-name reference noting modern Armenian mountain named Azhdahak (mentioned in research notes as name-sharing with the mythic figure).other
- [5]History of Armenia by Vahan Kurkjian — Chapter 34. Historical overview used in the compiled research notes for Armenian historiographical context.other