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- proper noun the name of an
Iranian goddess, associated with fertility, healing and wisdom
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Examples
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I cannot recall the exact source offhand, Sumer I think but compound imagery was the mode of explaining cosmogenesis and theogony in pre-literate and pari-literate times and we find the residue of similar explicatory "myths" in subsequent sets of icons such as Anahita, whose personification of a complete cornucopia is evident in her titulary associations with "water" and all living things.
Disagreement Behind the Scenes Jan 2008
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This holistic tradition entered Persian culture through the Zoroastrian divinity Mithra and his beloved Anahita, derivations from the Sumerian divine couple, Inanna and Dumuzi.
Lisa Paul Streitfeld: Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2011
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A prominent example was Anahita Ratebzad, who was a major Marxist leader and a member of the Revolutionary Council.
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A prominent example was Anahita Ratebzad, who was a major Marxist leader and a member of the Revolutionary Council.
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There were other deities as well, such as Anahita, the mother goddess, Mithra, protector of justice, and Atar, son of Ahuramazda and guardian of his sacred fire.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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This holistic tradition entered Persian culture through the Zoroastrian divinity Mithra and his beloved Anahita, derivations from the Sumerian divine couple, Inanna and Dumuzi.
Lisa Paul Streitfeld: Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2011
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There were other deities as well, such as Anahita, the mother goddess, Mithra, protector of justice, and Atar, son of Ahuramazda and guardian of his sacred fire.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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This holistic tradition entered Persian culture through the Zoroastrian divinity Mithra and his beloved Anahita, derivations from the Sumerian divine couple, Inanna and Dumuzi.
Lisa Paul Streitfeld: Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2011
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There were other deities as well, such as Anahita, the mother goddess, Mithra, protector of justice, and Atar, son of Ahuramazda and guardian of his sacred fire.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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This holistic tradition entered Persian culture through the Zoroastrian divinity Mithra and his beloved Anahita, derivations from the Sumerian divine couple, Inanna and Dumuzi.
Lisa Paul Streitfeld: Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2011
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