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Ahriman
(redirected from Angra Mainyu)

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Ahriman (ä`rĭmən): see Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism (zô'rōăs`trēənĭzəm), religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions.
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Ahriman
represents principle of wickedness; will one day perish. [Persian Myth.: LLEI, I: 322; Zoroastrianism: Benét, 16]
See : Evil


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Through a personal encounter with and revelation from Ahura Mazda, the god of light and truth, Zoroaster learned of Ahura's opposition from evil forces led by Angra Mainyu, the principle of darkness and the lie.
 
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