Editing Ahriman (section)

== The Worship of Ahriman ==
According to [[Plutarch]], Zoroaster taught the worship of Ahriman. The [[Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History|Encyclopedia of Iran]] claims:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ahriman |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=that there existed Ahriman worshippers is attested by Plutarch and in a Dēnkard passage. The former (''Isis and Osiris'', 46) says that Zoroaster taught the Persians to sacrifice to Areimanios “offerings for averting ill, and things of gloom. For, pounding in a mortar a herb called omomi, they invoke Hades and darkness; then having mingled it with the blood of a slaughtered wolf, they bear it forth into a sunless place and cast it away.” And the Dēnkard (p. 182.6) says: “The perverted, devilish, unrighteous rite of the ‘mystery of the sorcerers’ consists in praising Ahriman, the destroyer.” Such a cult must have passed to the mysteries of Mithra, where dedications are found Deo Arimanio. The possibility of statues of Ahriman will be discussed below.}}