Or·muzd

(ôr′məzd, ôr-mŭzd′)

Variant of Ohrmazd.

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

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Ormuzd - chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good

Ahura Mazda, Ormazd

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We should note also that this cosmic battle seems to form an archetypical pattern in pivotal mythical stories such as that of the fight between Isis and Seth, Vishnu and the serpent, Krishna and the serpent, Ormuzd (Ahura Mazda) and Ahriman (cf.

Lifting the veil off Old Thunder: the rise of Leviathan

Sios religijos serdi sudaro konfliktas tarp sviesos dievo Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd) ir tamsos bei blogio dievo Angra Mainyu (Ahriman).

What Friedrich Nietzsche's Zarathustra wanted to say: creation and self-creation or how one becomes who one is?/Ka norejo pasakyti Friedricho Nietzsche's Zaratustra: kuryba ir savikura, arba kaip tampama tuo, kuo esi

(451) The "idioma zend" spoken by the magician refers to the ancient Zend language of the Zoroastrians in which they recorded their religious beliefs about their creator God, Ahura Mazda (sometimes written, "Ormuzd"), in sacred texts known as the Zend-Avesta.

Zoroastrian and Zurvanite symbolism in "Las ruinas circulares"

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