Ahriman
A species of monster from the Japanese role-playing game series Final Fantasy.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Zoroastrianism dates to the early Iron Age.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Bongo Bongo, Gohma, Hinox, Vaati, Cacodemon, Pain Elemental, Drethdock, Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir, Eggplant Wizard, Evil Eye, Myukus, Waddle Doo, Belobog, Belun, Mah, Gawiewdad, Vohu Manah, Arimanios, Areimanius, Ameretat, Ahura Mazda, Sarosh, Adar, Python, Baphomet, Pāpak, Ormuzd, Cyclops, Mithra, the devil, Typhon, Pan
- syncretized with
- Chernobog, Arimanius, leontocephaline, Angra Mainyu, Iblis
- allied with
- Jeh
- sibling of
- Ohrmuzd
- enemy of
- Ohrmuzd, Ahuramazda, Ormuzd, Ormazd, Ardashir
- aspect of
- Zruvan akarana
- child of
- Zurvān
- creator of
- Jeh
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Ahriman, a species of monster from the Japanese role-playing game series Final Fantasy”
#5176 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Chernobog and the hypothetical Belobog were compared to Ahriman and Ormuzd, the eternal enemies in Zoroastrian mythology.”
#13227 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Based on dedicatory inscriptions for altars, the name of the figure is conjectured to be Arimanius, a Latinized form of the name Ahriman – perplexingly, a demonic figure in the Zoroastrian pantheon.”
#16904 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Bundahishn, a text finished in the 12th century. The legend runs as follows: Ahriman (Av: Angra Mainyu) incites Jeh (Jahi) the primeval whore to kill the primordial bovine Gawiewdad (Av. Gavaevodata).”
#19365 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“but the name Arimanius is difficult to separate from the Persian tradition of Ahriman; nevertheless the association of Mithras with an ostensibly undefeated evil god has been dismissed by many scholars as inherently implausible.”
#20617 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001