Seven divisions of Cosmos, seven regions, seven spirits personifying
celestial bodies and moral qualities.
Ancient confederacy of Iran consisted of six kingdoms grouped around the
central royal province, “situated under the pole-star,” and called
Kwan-iras or Hvan-iratha, ruled by Susi-nag, the original father-god of
the model state identified with the pole-star, Draconis, the serpent
(Hewitt, _op. cit._ p. 253), see also Appendix III, list II.
Four-fold rule embodied in king, p. 325. Darius distributed Persian empire
into 4×5=20 satrapies, each including a certain continuous territory
(Grote).