Ahriman

	Ahriman
	God van boosheid, chaos, verwoesting
	Die Middel-Persiese woord hlmn (Ahreman) in Pahlewi-skrif. Dit word tradisioneel onderstebo geskryf.
Soort god	Zoroastries
Tuiste	Groter Iran

Angra Mainjoe (Avesties: 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 Aŋra Mainiiu) of Ahreman (Persies: اهرِمن) is die Avestiese naam van Zoroastrisme se basis vir die "vernietigende/bose gees" en die hoofteenstander van óf Spenta Mainjoe, die "goddelike gees", of regstreeks van Ahoera Mazda, die opperste godheid in Zoroastrisme. Die Middel-Persiese ekwivalent is Ahriman (𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩) of Ahrimanes.[1]

Faramarz verslaan Ahriman, 'n toneel uit die Shahnameh.

Verwysings

Cobbe, Frances Power (1865). "The Sacred Books of the Zoroastrians". Studies New and Old of Ethical and Social Subjects. Londen: Trubner & Company. p. 131. Besoek op 30 April 2022.

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[1] Cobbe, Frances Power (1865). "The Sacred Books of the Zoroastrians". Studies New and Old of Ethical and Social Subjects. Londen: Trubner & Company. p. 131. Besoek op 30 April 2022.