Ahriman

Ahriman
Ahriman
Devils
	The Middle Persian word ʾhlmn' (Ahreman) in Book Pahlavi script. The word is traditionally always written upside down.
Affiliation	Zoroastrianism
Region	Greater Iran
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Siblings	Ahura Mazda

Ahriman being slain by Faramarz during a scene from the Shahnameh

Angra Mainyu (/ˈæŋrə ˈmaɪnjuː/; Avestan:

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