Commentary for Sanhedrin 77:9

א"ל ההוא אמגושא לאמימר מפלגך לעילאי דהורמיז מפלגך לתתאי דאהורמיז א"ל א"כ היכי שביק ליה אהורמיז להורמיז לעבורי מיא בארעיה

once said to Amemar: From the middle of thy [body] upwards thou belongest to Ormuzd;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ormuzd, the principle of light, life and good, in the Zoroastrian system, constantly at war with Ahriman (q.v.). ');">²²</span> from the middle downwards, to Ahriman.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Angra Mainyus Lit., 'the Destroyer', the head of the forces of darkness, death and evil. Warfare must be waged between the two, Ormuzd and Ahriman, for twelve thousand years, at the end of which Abriman will be defeated by Ormuzd V. J.E. I, 294. s. v. Ahriman. Hence the upper part of the body, which contains the head and heart, and consequently what is good in man, belongs to the former; the lower half of the body, the seat of the sexual and excretory organs, to the latter. ');">²³</span> The latter asked: Why then does Ahriman permit Ormuzd to send water<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the excreta. ');">²⁴</span>

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