Ormuzd

Definitions

proper noun The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion; same as Ormazd. See also Ahriman.

[Persian Hormazd, from Middle Persian Ohrmazd; see Ohrmazd.]

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The following is an account of one of the latest, the so-called Ormuzd

Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
Unlike the God of the Jews, however, Ormuzd is not a free, self-conscious subject.

Hegel's Aesthetics Houlgate, Stephen 2009
Or to quote Reb Gandhi again, “The eternal duel between Ormuzd and Ahriman, God and Satan, is raging in my breast, which is one among their billion battlefields.”

Cultivating The Orchard of Meanings 2005
And this confirms the view, which has been established on other grounds, that Jehovah is a transformation of Ormuzd, and

Religion 2004
Ormuzd and Ahriman are rival powers, continually at war.

Studies in Pessimism 2004
Ormuzd that he had suffered his eyes to look upon this child.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
Neurouz was come, Kai Khosrau clothed himself in a robe of Roum, and he took from off his head the crown of the Kaianides, and he presented himself in humility before Ormuzd.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
Then Rustem knew that Ormuzd had wrought a wonder for his sake, and he fell upon the ground and lifted up his soul in thankfulness.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
And for seven days the Shah stood in the presence of Ormuzd, neither did he weary to importune

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
But Ormuzd saw it and was moved with compassion for his people, and he declared they should no longer suffer for the sin of

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002