The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman.
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Ormuzd
Encyclopedia Britannica
ORMUZD (for Ahura-mazda or Auramazda, “the wise lord ”), the good principle in the dualism of Zoroastrianism, opposed to Ahriman or Angromainyu. (See Zoroaster .)
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 858
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Jupiter Roget’s Thesaurus §979
N. god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, jupiter, jove &c, pantheon, allah, bathala, brahm, brahma, brahma, cloud-compeller, devi, durga, kali, oread, the great spirit, ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, yama, varuna, zeus, vishnu, siva, shiva, krishna, juggernath, buddha, isis, osiris, ra, belus, bel, baal, asteroth &c, thor, odin, mumbo jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, ormuzd, oberon, mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, lempriere, folklore
Adj. god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic
Phr. "you moonshine revelers and shades of night"
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