| “ | It is not that I cannot create anything good, but that I will not. | „ |
| ~ Angra Mainyu. |
| “ | I have fouled the world with filth and darkness, and made it my stronghold. I have dried up the earth, so that the plants and animals will die, and poisoned Gayomart, so he will die. | „ |
| ~ Angra Mainyu gloating about his victory. |
Angra Mainyu, also called by his Persian name of Ahriman, is the ultimate evil in Zoroastrian theology. He is brother of the creator Ahura Mazda, and his polar opposite, as while Ahura Mazda is omnibenevolent, Angra Mainyu is constantly attempting to corrupt creation and tempt humans into Hell.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- At the beginning of creation, he attacked and defiled creation with his demons simply to spite Ahura Mazda.
- After the creation of humanity, he spread lust, starvation, disease and death, defiling all of creation.
- Tried to slay the Primal Bull, Mazda's first creation, to prevent his brother from creating life.
- Killed Gayomart in order to end his worship of Ahura Mazda.
- Tricked Mashya and Mashyana into worshipping him so they would be damned until the end of days.
- Tempted humanity so Ahura Mazda would be forced to send them to Hell.
- Fully admitted he chooses evil because he simply doesn't want to create anything good, not because he's incapable of doing so but because he refuses too, confirming that he has moral agency.
- Corrupted Zahhak into an evil tyrant who will eventually become the being known as Aži Dahāka and slay one-third of the world's population.
- He's responsible for all the evils Zahhak would do as a tyrant, turning him into a monster with snakes on his shoulders and advised him to devour the brains of two men each day. Not only that, Zahhak would conduct massacres as well as murders of children to feed his snakes.
Trivia[]
- Angra Mainyu can be considered as an anti-god since he is the evil counterpart and brother of Ahura Mazda. As such, some argue that Angra Mainyu is an early form of Satan before the idea of the Devil took shape.
External links[]
- Angra Mainyu on the Villains Wiki
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