In Zoroastrianism, darvand, in its original

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form ''dregvant'' means 'wicked'. It is an ethical appellation of unrighteous persons. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, is a ''dregvant'' or ''darvand'' or wicked, as Spenta Mainyu, the Good Spirit, is '' ashavan'' or righteous.

In literature

In Anne Eliza Smith's novel "

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" published in 1878, a darvand is a child of an angel and a human, usually a male angel and a woman.

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(or angels) and darvands are defined early on in the novel on page 15 and again later on page 64.

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