akem manah
demonic intermediate Zoroastrian single tradition · 1
In Zoroastrian texts, akem manah means evil thinking or evil mind. It is identified as the parent or source of the daevas, the false gods that deceive humankind.
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Yasna 32.3 as the source of the daevas in early Zoroastrian texts.
Relationships
- parent of
- daevas
- co occurs with
- Angra Mainyu, Ahura Mazda, spenta mainyu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In Yasna 32.3, these daevas are identified as the offspring, not of Angra Mainyu, but of akem manah, 'evil thinking'.”
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