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Iran / Persia: Representation of Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) killing the primeval bull. Persepolis, c. 4th century BCE

Iran / Persia: Representation of Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) killing the primeval bull. Persepolis, c. 4th century BCE

Angra Mainyu is the Avestan-language name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the destructive spirit. The Middle Persian equivalent is Ahriman.






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