TYPE: God of temporal time and fate
ORIGIN: Persian (Iran)
INFORMATION: Once the focus of a cult of Zervanism in which he appeared as the father of Ahura Mazda, the god of light, and Ahriman, god of darkness, in Zoroastrianism. He is perceived as a god of destiny and the controller of all roads that mankind may take, leading ultimately to the otherworld. He was adopted into Manichaean religion. Also Zervan.