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Angra Mainyu (alt: A?ra Mainiuu) is the Avestan-language name of
Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive spirit". The Middle Persian
equivalent is Ahriman.
In the Avesta
In Zoroaster's revelation Avestan 'angra mainyu' "seems to have been an
original conception of Zoroaster's." In the Gathas, which are the oldest
texts of Zoroastrianism and are attributed to the prophet himself, 'angra
mainyu' is not yet a proper name. In the one instance in these hymns where
the two words appear together, the concept spoken of is that of a mainyu
("mind", "mentality", "spirit" etc) that is angra ("destructive",
"inhibitive", "malign"). In this single instance - in Yasna 45.2 - the
"more bounteous of the spirits twain" declares 'angra mainyu' to be its
"absolut
