in Persian mythology, is the god and ruler of the planet Mars, the light- giver and health restorer. As he is the protector of the northern region and its stars, he may be the seventh constellation, because Hafti denotes seven. lagemann, Lorenz, a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Wolfenbiittel, August 10, 1692. He studied at Jena, was preacher in 1719 at Bodenburg, in 1722 at Nordhausen, in 1728 at Hanover, in 1748 general superintendent, and died in 1752. He wrote An Homerus Fuerit Philosophus Moralis? (Jena, 1712), besides, a number of ascetical works. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)