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AHRIMAN (Gr. 'Apecµavios in See also:Aristotle, or 'Apeiµav+7s in See also:Agathias; in the Avesta, Angr3 Mainyush)—" the Destructive Spirit ") , the name of the principle of evil in the dualistic See also:doctrine of Zoroaster. The name does not occur in the Old See also:Persian See also:inscriptions. In the Avesta he is called the twin-See also:brother of the See also:Holy See also:Spirits, and contrasted either with the Holy Spirit of See also:Ormazd or with Ormazd himself. He is the all-destroying Satan, the source of all evil in the See also:world and, like Ormazd, exists since the beginning of the world. Eventually, in . the See also:great world See also:catastrophe, he will be defeated by Ormazd and disappear. The later See also:sect of the Zervanites held that both were visible manifestations of the primeval principle Zruvan akarana (See also:Infinite See also:Time).

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