god
Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd)
Ormuzd
also: Ormuzd, Ahura Mazda, Ormazd
Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd) is the supreme deity and principle of good in Zoroastrian religion; in Lorán's allegorical speech the Ormuzd–Ahriman dualism stands for the conflict between poetic inspiration (Ormuzd) and the common world that destroys it (Ahriman).
Reading notes
- Only a Joke §4 Ormuzd
Ormuzd (Ahura Mazda) is the supreme god of light in Zoroastrian religion, in eternal combat with Ahriman, the principle of evil and darkness; Lorán uses the Zoroastrian dualism as a metaphor for the war between poetic inspiration and the common world that destroys it.