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Divine and Devilish Creatures in Khorasani Styled Odes


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1 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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According to Persian myths, the devil is a creature that stands against Ahura Mazda, the Supreme Being represented as a deity of goodness and light in Zoroastrianism. When the devil spirit sees the Ahura Mazda clerics he assaults the light boundary and is defeated. But it decides to create some creatures to resist divinely creatures. Angare Miniu as a devilish spirit is the leader of the group of devils and spooks that intends to destroy the world (Hinles, 2010: 80). "According to Avesta, a large group of devilish and criminal creatures whose task is to do bad things in the world stands against Amshasepandan as a group of holy and pure heavenly creatures that assist Ahura Mazda to create and protect the universe" (Safa, 1973:606).
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Khadijeh Rahimi
Department of Persian Language and Literature, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Khosro Mahmoudi
Department of Persian Language and Literature, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Farah Niazkar
Department of Persian Language and Literature, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran, Islamic Republic of

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According to Persian myths, the devil is a creature that stands against Ahura Mazda, the Supreme Being represented as a deity of goodness and light in Zoroastrianism. When the devil spirit sees the Ahura Mazda clerics he assaults the light boundary and is defeated. But it decides to create some creatures to resist divinely creatures. Angare Miniu as a devilish spirit is the leader of the group of devils and spooks that intends to destroy the world (Hinles, 2010: 80). "According to Avesta, a large group of devilish and criminal creatures whose task is to do bad things in the world stands against Amshasepandan as a group of holy and pure heavenly creatures that assist Ahura Mazda to create and protect the universe" (Safa, 1973:606).