No images of Ahura-mazda, or of the Izeds, profaned the severe simplicity of an Iranic temple.

It was only after a long lapse of ages that, in connection with a foreign worship, idolatry crept in.

The old Zoroastrianism was in this respect as pure as the religion of the Jews, and thus a double bond of religious sympathy united the Hebrews and the Arians.
Under the supreme God, Ahura-mazda or Ormazd, the ancient Iranic system placed (as has been already observed) a number of angels.

Some of these, as _Vohu-mano_, "the Good Mind;" _Mazda_, "the Wise" ( ?); and _Asha_, "the True," are scarcely distinguishable from attributes of the Divinity.

Armaiti, however, the genius of the Earth, and Sraosha or Serosh, an angel, are very clearly and distinctly personified.