Angra Mainyu (/ˈæŋrə ˈmaɪnjuː/; Avestan: 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎, romanized: Aŋra Mainiiu) or Ahriman (Persian: اهريمن) is the Avestan name of Zoroastrianism's...

the cosmic struggle against Angra Mainyu. Nonetheless, Ahura Mazda is Angra Mainyu's superior, not his equal. Angra Mainyu and his daevas, which attempt...

Ahura Mazda (Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃). Opposed to Ahura Mazda is Angra Mainyu (Avestan: 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎), who is personified as a destructive...

subfamily Sehirinae Angra labeo, species of fish in the family Cyprinidae SS Angra, a number of ships with this name Angra Mainyu, the destructive spirit...

enumeration of the daevas in Vendidad 1.43, Angra Mainyu appears first and Paitisha appears last. "Nowhere is Angra Mainyu said to be the creator of the daevas...

aša/arta- (truth) is opposed to the druj- (deceit, lies), spəṇta-mainyu to angra-mainyu, vohu-manah is opposed to aka-manah-, xšaθra- to dušae-xšaθra-,...

the Black Grail, he plays a crucial role in ensuring her corruption by Angra Mainyu. However, his plans are foiled when Shiro and Rin manage to convince...

intertestamental period, possibly due to influence from the Zoroastrian figure of Angra Mainyu, the satan developed into a malevolent entity with abhorrent qualities...

There, in Yasna 32.3, the daevas are identified as the offspring, not of angra mainyu, but of akem manah. Related to, but not entirely equivalent to akem manah...

Persian demon Ahriman. The Yashts refer to a story where Taxma Urupi rode Angra Mainyu as a horse for thirty years. An elaboration of this allusion is found...

rushing world river that encircles the earth, which is blocked up by Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) thus causing drought. The blockage is removed by Verethragna...

Oklahoma City Civic Center by a theistic Satanist group called Dakhma of Angra Mainyu (Church of Ahriman). The host to be used in the Black Mass was stolen...

called Angra Mainyu. The Middle Persian equivalent is Ahriman. They are in eternal struggle and neither is all-powerful, especially Angra Mainyu is limited...

creator deity) who engendered equal-but-opposite twins, Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu. Zurvanism is also known as "Zurvanite Zoroastrianism", and may be contrasted...

demonology) Agares (Christian demonology) Agiel (Jewish mythology) Ahriman/Angra Mainyu (Zoroastrianism) Aim/Haborym (Christian demonology) Aka Manah/Akem Manah/Akoman/Akvan...

derived from Ahriman (Persian: اهریمن), the evil equivalent of the deity Angra Mainyu in Zoroastrianism. Originally from Luleå, a small town in the north of...

evil twin brother Angra Mainyu is nearly as powerful as him. Zoroaster taught that the daevas were evil spirits created by Angra Mainyu to sow evil in the...

as one of the greatest of the evil forces, sometimes second only to Angra Mainyu himself. In the traditional Zoroastrian confession of faith as recorded...

not omnipotent. Ahura Mazda existed in light and goodness above, while Angra Mainyu (or "Ahriman") existed in darkness and ignorance below. They have existed...

reappears in modified form as an allegory of burning and annihilating the Angra Mainyu through righteousness, "where Asha Vahishta is identified at times with...

wants to bring disorder and destruction. This evil comes in the form of Angra Mainyu in the Avestan and in the form of Ahreman in Middle Persian. The belief...

position as messenger of Angra Mainyu (Yasht 19.46), for in the hierarchy of divinities, Asha is the messenger of Spenta Mainyu, the instrument through...

without the help of the fravashis, cattle and men would have been lost to Angra Mainyu. "This declaration is wholly unorthodox, and unsupported by any other...

with the Shadow, influenced by the Grail - possessed by the evil spirit Angra Mainyu - towards wiping out humanity. Eventually confronted by her sister Rin...

created, was the Airyanem Vaejah, by the good river Daitya. Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created the serpent in the river and...

to found the Church of Avia. Her plan is to revive the primal beast Angra Mainyu and then sacrifice the primal beasts Lyria has absorbed to it, which...

creations of Ahura Mazda against the assault of the destructive forces of Angra Mainyu. The yasna service, that is, the recitation of the Yasna texts, culminates...

Spentas, giving them warmth and the spark of life." In Yasht 17.20, Angra Mainyu clamours that Zoroaster burns him with Asha Vahishta. In Vendidad 4.54-55...

and dualistic cosmology (yin and yang and Zoroastrian Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu). In contrast, other mythic themes are uniquely Chinese. While the mythologies...

Persians. In ancient Persia, Zoroaster taught that good (Ohrmazd) and evil (Angra Mainyu) were opposite forces and the battle between them is more or less evenly...