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An Overview of Goddess Anahita and her Iconography in Ancient Iran
Pages 203 - 226
DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/centasiaj.62.2.0203
In Persian mythology, Anahita is the only goddess to have her name immortalised next to Ahura Mazda and Mithra - the two overarching Zoroastrian deities. The first written evidence stems from fourth-century BCE inscriptions in Susa and Hamadan. In Persia, Anahita was the deity assigned to water, as well as fertility and prosperity. She was also the protectress of the righteous kings, a tradition starting with the Achaemenian empire and lasting until the end of the Sasanian dynasty. The cultic syncretism developing in the vast Persian empires is as much part of the scrutiny of our authors as the Avestan origins of the Anahita cult.
再談阿娜希塔女神之波斯帝國歷史景況以及聖像研究
古代波斯神話宇宙中只有阿娜希塔女神可以配上阿胡拉•馬茲達與密特拉此兩
位重大的瑣羅亞斯德教天神。首次提到她名稱的文獻是公元前第四世紀在蘇撒
與哈馬丹市出土的銘文。在波斯不同帝國歷史過程中，阿娜希塔是水、肥沃和
繁荣的神靈。祂還當正義國王的護神，自阿契美尼德王朝一直到薩珊王朝衰落
。本篇文章設圖分析在廣大波斯帝國中進行的宗教綜攝以及阿娜希塔禮拜的瑣
羅亞斯德教本質。
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