Ahriman
Britishnoun
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At its core, Zoroastrianism emphasizes a never-ending battle between good and evil — a contest between the religion’s God, Ahura Mazda, and an evil spirit, Ahriman.
From Seattle Times
Coakley sued the Satanic group, the Church of Ahriman, on the grounds that it stole the communion wafer, which Catholics hold to be a sacred part of the Mass ritual.
From Time
Some trace in this the Persian demonology where the good spirits surround Ormuzd and where Ahriman is the spirit of evil.
From Project Gutenberg
Gods and devils, Ormuzd and Ahriman, and other phantasms of the sky, may all be put on a microscopic slide and their struggles noted.
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Ormuzd was the good—the god—Ahriman the evil—the devil —and between the god and the devil was waged a perpetual war.
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