Ahriman

Ahriman
Ahriman
Spirit of evil, chaos, destruction, daevas
	Drawing of the "leontocephaline figure" of Ahriman, found at the mithraeum of C. Valerius Heracles and sons, dedicated 190 CE at Ostia Antica, Italy (CIMRM 312)
Affiliation	Zoroastrianism
Region	Greater Iran

Angra Mainyu (/ˈæŋrə ˈmaɪnjuː/; Avestan: 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎, romanized: Aŋra Maⁱniiu) 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 (anglicised pronunciation: /ˈɑːrɪmən/). The name can appear in English-language works as Ahrimanes.^[1]^[a]

^ ^a ^b Cobbe, Frances Power (1865). "The sacred books of the Zoroastrians". Studies New and Old of Ethical and Social Subjects. London, UK: Trubner & Company. p. 131. Retrieved 30 April 2022 – via Google.

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[Cobbe-1865-1] Cobbe, Frances Power (1865). "The sacred books of the Zoroastrians". Studies New and Old of Ethical and Social Subjects. London, UK: Trubner & Company. p. 131. Retrieved 30 April 2022 – via Google.

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