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Encyclopedia > Ahura Mazdah

Ahura Mazda (Persian هرمز (Hormoz) also transcripted as Ormazad, Ormuzd, Hormuz, Ormus, Ohrmizd) - The Wise Lord - is the god of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. He is revered and worshipped by Zoroastrians as the good god. He is opposed by Angra Mainyu (Ahriman), who according to some traditions is his twin brother. According to Zoroastrianism, the Earth was created by Ahura Mazda as a battlefield to fight Angra Mainyu.


The automobile company Mazda may have taken its name in part from Ahura Mazda; the name coincides with Matsuda, its founder's name, in Japanese pronunciation.


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Ahura Mazda (120 words)
In Persian belief, Ahura Mazdah ("Lord Wisdom") was the supreme god, he who created the heavens and the Earth, and another son of Zurvan.
The dragon was, however, destined to escape and destroy a third of mankind at the final reckoning, before it was slain.
Ahura Mazdah was the god of prophetic revelation, and bore both Ahriman and Ormazd.
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