Format:
1 Online-Ressource (264 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781838601584
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9781838601577
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9781838601119
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9781838601591
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1838601112
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1838601597
Content:
Acknowledgements -- A Note on Transcriptions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Goddesses in the Ancient World -- Chapter Two: Indo-European Water Goddesses -- Chapter Three: Areduui Sura Anahita in the Avesta -- Chapter Four: Other Iranian Goddesses: Comparisons with Anahita -- Chapter Five: Anahita: A Composite Goddess -- Chapter Six: Anahita in the Historical Period -- Chapter Seven: Anahita in the Pahlavi Texts -- Chapter Eight: Traces of Anahita in Islamic Iran -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Content:
"Anahita was the most important goddess of pre-Islamic Iran. From her roots as an ancient Indo-European water deity her status was unrivalled by any other Iranian goddess throughout the course of three successive Iranian empires over a period of a thousand years. The first scholarly book on Anahita, this study reconstructs the Indo-European water goddess through a comparison of Celtic, Slavic, Armenian and Indo-Iranian myths and rituals. Anahita's constantly-evolving description and functions are then traced through the written and iconographic records of Iranian societies from the Achaemenid period onwards, including but not limited to the Zoroastrian texts and the inscriptions and artistic representations of the great pre-Islamic Iranian empires. The study concludes by tracing survival of the goddess in Islamic Iran, as seen in new Persian literature and popular rituals. Manya Saadi-nejad demonstrates the close relationship between Iranian mythology and that of other Indo-European peoples, and the significant cultural continuities from Iran's pre-Islamic period into the Islamic present."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781838601584
