Home›Adversaries›Historicity›Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBrowse ByLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThis page groups figures by whether scholars consider them to have actually existed. Wikipedia notes that "the historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status." Browsing by historicity lets a visitor separate a documented historical person from one known only through legend.FactsLearn MoreLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsStatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed. Reading Angra Mainyu, Satan, Iblis and Mara as one role flattens genuinely different accounts: in Zoroastrianism the hostile spirit is a counter-principle coeval with the good creator, which is exactly what the adversary of the monotheisms is not. 3OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedA comparative heading rather than a category any one tradition uses: figures cast as the opponent of a tradition's central figures or of the moral order. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe adversaries This group gathers adversaries, the figures who oppose the heroes, gods or faithful of a tradition: tempters, enemies and embodiments of resistance to the divine or moral order. The adversary is a recurring role across mythologies. The browser will find the opposing figures the atlas classes here. The entries describe each within their narrative, noting how different traditions frame the source and meaning of opposition to the good.Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordFilter Results9 entriesPlace of OriginAllBritain (1)India (1)Persia (1)TraditionAllCeltic Paganism (1)Gnosticism (1)Hinduism (2)Islam (1)Judaism (3)Zoroastrianism (1)Member OfAllThe Kauravas (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (2)No Cult Attested (2)Revered InAllChristianity (1)Islam (1)Zoroastrianism (1)Child OfAllAdam (1)Eve (1)Manner Of DeathAllDisputed (1)Executed (1)Killed in battle (3)GenderAllCollective / plural, not a single figure (1)Male (7)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9CainLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordDuryodhanaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordGoliathLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordHamanLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordMordredLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThe DajjalLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThe Demiurge (Yaldabaoth)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThe KauravasLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordZahhakLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005The classification of religious figuresView the Source3. A History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989on Angra Mainyu and the two primal spiritsView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.