Anahita

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Anahita is an ancient Iranian goddess associated with water, fertility, and protection, widely venerated in the Achaemenid and later Persian empires.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Anahita canonical 5
Anahid 1
Ardwisur Anahid 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian deity ⓘ
Zoroastrian yazata ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
associatedWith fertility ⓘ
healing ⓘ
protection ⓘ
royal fortune ⓘ
war ⓘ
water ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Iran ⓘ
domain fertility of fields ⓘ
human fertility ⓘ
rain ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
waters ⓘ
epithet Anahid ⓘ
linked to: Anahita

Ardvi Sura Anahita ⓘ
Ardwisur Anahid ⓘ
linked to: Anahita

Aredvi Sura ⓘ
hasCultCenter Ecbatana ⓘ
Istakhr ⓘ
Kangavar ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
hasTempleType fire-temple association ⓘ
sanctuaries with water features ⓘ
hasTextualForm Aredvi Sura Anahita ⓘ
linked to: Anahita
honoredBy Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Artaxerxes II of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes II
influenced Armenian goddess Anahit ⓘ
local cults in Asia Minor ⓘ
languageForm Avestan: Aredvi Sura Anahita ⓘ
linked to: Avestan language

Greek: Anaitis ⓘ
Middle Persian: Anahid ⓘ
Parthian: Anahd ⓘ
mentionedIn Avesta ⓘ
Yashts ⓘ
linked to: Avesta
role bestower of victory ⓘ
guardian of purity ⓘ
protector of kings ⓘ
symbol chariot ⓘ
lotus ⓘ
stars ⓘ
water ⓘ
worshippedIn Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Persian religion ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artaxerxes II → patronDeity → Anahita ⓘ
Iranian mythology → hasDeity → Anahita ⓘ
Anahita → hasTextualForm → Aredvi Sura Anahita ⓘ
linked to: Anahita
Anahita → epithet → Ardwisur Anahid ⓘ
linked to: Anahita
Anahita → epithet → Anahid ⓘ
linked to: Anahita
Yazatas → include → Anahita ⓘ
Temple of Anahita (Takht-e Soleyman) → dedicatedTo → Anahita ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Anahita