(More correctly ORMUZD AND AHRIMAN.)
The modern Persian forms of Anro-Mainyus and Ahura Mazda, the Evil Spirit and the Good Spirit, respectively, of the Avestic or Zoroastrian religion of the Ancient Iranians and modern Parsees. (See AVESTA.)
APA citation. (1907). Ahriman and Ormuzd. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233a.htm
MLA citation. "Ahriman and Ormuzd." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233a.htm>.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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