Ah'riman (Zend, anro mainyus, 'dark spirit'), the evil principle, opposed to Ormuzd, in the dualism of later Zoroastrianism. See ZOROASTER.
Ah'riman
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Ah'riman (Zend, anro mainyus, 'dark spirit'), the evil principle, opposed to Ormuzd, in the dualism of later Zoroastrianism. See ZOROASTER.