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Ahriman

[ah-ri-muh n]
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noun Zoroastrianism.
  1. Angra Mainyu.
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Historical Examples

  • Ahura and Ahriman confront each other as the good power and the evil.

    History of Religion

    Allan Menzies

  • They were Ahriman's devas struggling with the Yazatas of Ormuzd.

  • The Persians conceived of Ahriman as the embodiment of deceit.

  • Most of all he admired Manfred, who dominated the Elements and Ahriman.

    Maxim Gorki

    Hans Ostwald

  • These are Ormuzd, the principle of light, and Ahriman, the principle of darkness.

British Dictionary definitions for ahriman

Ahriman

noun
  1. Zoroastrianism the supreme evil spirit and diabolical opponent of Ormazd
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