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The term Angro-mainyus has now become a proper name, and designates the great spirit of evil as definitely and determinately as Ahura-mazda designates the good spirit.

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Zoroastrianism banned the sacrifice of animals and the use of intoxicants and introduced the idea of individual salvation through the free choice of God (Ahura Mazda) over the Spirit of Evil (Angro-mainyu or Ahriman).

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Arya, and under the influence of Zarathustra, there was developed the doctrine of one supreme God, [3] who, surrounded by the good spirits of heaven, wages war against evil, whence arose later the moral opposition between Ahura-Mazda and Angro-mainyus resulting in the victory of the good principle over the bad.

A Comparative View of Religions Johannes Henricus Scholten

At last, all is purified, and Angro-mainyus himself and his Dews submit themselves to Ahura-Mazda, whose victory is celebrated in heaven with songs of praise.

A Comparative View of Religions Johannes Henricus Scholten

Angro-mainyus, who, appearing upon the earth in the form of a serpent, seduces the first human pair, created by Ahura-Mazda.

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Angro-mainyus (Ahriman), or the evil one, with his Dews, although subordinated to Ahura-Mazda, gain a place in the Iranian conception of the universe, as the adversary of Ahura-Mazda, and as the cause of evil in the natural and spiritual world.

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(Angro-Mainyus), who was constantly striving to destroy the good creations of Ormazd by creating all evil things -- storm, drought, pestilence, noxious animals, weeds and thorns in the world without, and evil in the heart of man within.

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Ahura-mazda and Angro-mainyus strive together for man.

A Comparative View of Religions Johannes Henricus Scholten

It was identical with the religion of the Medes in its early shape, consisting mainly in the worship of Ahura-Mazda, the acknowledgment of a principle of evil -- Angro-Mainyus, and obedience to the precepts of Zoroaster.

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Man was placed upon the earth to preserve the good creation; and this could only be done by careful tilling of the soil, eradication of thorns and weeds, and reclamation of the tracts over which Angro-mainyus had spread the curse of barrenness.

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