See also:

• ORMAZD, or ORMUZD (O. Persian Auramazda or Ahuramazda)

ORMAZD, or ORMUZD (O. See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Auramazda or Ahuramazda)  , the supreme deity of Zoroastrianism . He is represented as the See also:

• GOD

god and creator of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, See also:

• LIGHT

light, intelligence, in perpetual opposition to See also:

• AHRIMAN (Gr. 'Apecµavios in Aristotle, or 'Apeiµav+7s in Agathias; in the Avesta, Angr3 Mainyush)—" the Destructive Spirit ")

Ahriman the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of evil, darkness and See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance . The See also:

• DUALISM (from rare Lat. dualis, containing two, from duo)

dualism of the earlier Zoroastrians, which may be compared with the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of God and Satan, gradually tended in later times towards monotheism . At all times it was believed that See also:

• ORMAZD, or ORMUZD (O. Persian Auramazda or Ahuramazda)

Ormazd would ultimately vanquish Ahriman . See further ZOROASTER .