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Anahita
Anahita is the Old Persian form of the name of an Iranian goddess and appears in complete and earlier form as ''' ('), the Avestan name of an Indo-Iranian cosmological figure venerated as the divinity of "the Waters" (Aban) and hence associated with fertility, healing and wisdom. Anahita is a Zoroastrian deity who is referenced in the Avesta. There is also a temple named Anahita in Iran. Aredvi Sura Anahita is Ardwisur Anahid (اردویسور آناهید) in Middle and Modern Persian, and Anahit in Armenian. An iconic shrine sects of Aredvi Sura Anahita was, together with other shrine sects, "introduced a
Anahit
Anahit () was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In the early periods, she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BCE, she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Iranian goddess Anahita. Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit, and promulgated orders to worship them.
Temple of Anahita at Kangavar
temple attributed to Anahita
Minar of Firuzabad
tower-like structure in Gor (modern Firuzabad, Iran)
Ainina and Danina
Goddesses in Georgian mythology