Ahriman

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title: Ahriman
text: Angra Mainyu or Ahriman is the Avestan name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive/evil spirit" and the main adversary in Zoroastrianism either of the Spenta Mainyu, the "holy/creative spirits/mentality", or directly of Ahura Mazda, the highest deity of Zoroastrianism. The Middle Persian equivalent is Ahriman 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩. The name can appear in English-language works as Ahrimanes.
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description: Personification of the "destructive spirit" in Zoroastrianism
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahriman
date created: 2002-10-30T21:25:37Z
date modified: 2024-09-11T15:52:48Z
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