Angra Mainyu

Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · deity

The destructive spirit, hostile twin opposing Spenta Mainyu; source of evil, death, and the Lie.

Domains

destruction evil
deception lie
darkness death

Powers

Counter-create plagues, winter, and noxious beasts against creation
Command the daevas as daeva of daevas
Assault Ahura Mazda's world across the nine-thousand-year struggle

Epithets

Ahriman

Relations

twin sibling: Spenta Mainyu
enemy: Ahura Mazda
ally: Azhi Dahaka

Sources

Avesta, Yasna 30
Bundahishn 1

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