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Ahriman
(redirected from Angra Mainyu)

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Ahriman (ä`rĭmən): see Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism , religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions. Scriptures


Zoroastrianism's scriptures are the Avesta or the Zend Avesta [Pahlavi avesta=law, zend=commentary].
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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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20 Angra Mainyu or Ahriman is an evil being in which religion?
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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.
ARMAGEDDON IN THE BIBLE by Larue, Gerald A. / The Humanist
 
 
 
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