In Iran, Zoroastrianism taught that the supreme divinity Ahura Mazda, or Ormazd, created Angra Mainyu, or Ahriman, who chose to do evil and thus became the Destructive Spirit, or Destroyer.
पण अनेक शतकांनंतर, मूर्तिपूजक कल्पनांनी हे चित्र बदलले.