- Iran.
Aredvi Sura
Anahita is
Ardwisur Anahid (اردویسور آناهید) in
Middle and
Modern Persian, and
Anahit in Armenian. An
iconic shrine cult of
Aredvi Sura...
- to
Aredvi Sura
during the
reign of
Artaxerxes II (r. 404-358 BCE) and
subsequent Achaemenid emperors.
Although (according to
Lommel and Boyce)
Aredvi is...
- 8, 1887, in Clinton, New York, and was
named after the
Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita. In 2001, the
asteroid was
detected by
radar from the Arecibo...
-
constructed throughout the
empire and
particularly influenced the role of Mithra,
Aredvi Sura Anahita,
Verethragna and Tishtrya,
alongside other traditional Yazata...
-
nominally invoking "the Waters" (Aban), but
actually addressed to
Aredvi Sura Anahita. Both
Aredvi Sura and Ashi are
divinities of fertility, but
other verses...
-
distinct from it.
Mithra is
closely ****ociated with the
feminine yazata Aredvi Sura Anahita, the
hypostasis of knowledge.
There is a
deity Mithra mentioned...
-
characteristics of
cosmological or
eschatological consequence. For instance,
Aredvi Sura
Anahita (Ardvisur Nahid) is both a
divinity of the
waters as well as...
-
outlying ranges encircled the
earth and
beyond which lay the
world river Aredvi Sura. Finally,
during the time of the
fourth creation (plants), the primordial...
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meaning "rich in waters/lakes" and
derived from sáras- "lake, pond." (cf.
Aredvi Sura Anahita). "Arachosia" was
named after the name of a
river that runs...
- that
formed the world. It is the
source of all
waters and from its peak
Aredvi Sura
Anahita would flow into the
world ocean vourukasha.
Night and day were...
